C-sectionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈsiːˌsek.ʃən/us/ˈsiːˌsek.ʃən/mainly USa caesarean (= an operation in which a woman's uterus is cut open to allow a baby to be born):
Doctors had to perform an emergency C-section.
The baby was born by C-section.
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Obstetrics: birth
- antenatal
- birth defect
- birth rate
- born
- born
- caesarean
- childbirth
- contraction
- delivery
- give birth idiom
- induce
- maternity ward
- midwifery
- obstetric
- posh
- postnatal
- puerperal
- reborn
- rooming-in
- section
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