cesarean section
noun/sɪˌzeəriən ˈsekʃn/
/sɪˌzeriən ˈsekʃn/
(also cesarian section)
(both US English) (British English usually caesarean section)
[countable, uncountable]- a medical operation in which an opening is cut in a woman's body in order to take out a baby
- The baby was born by cesarean section.
- She had to have a cesarean section.
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