cesarean
cesarean — noun
1. a surgical procedure to deliver a baby by cutting through the mother's abdomen a
a surgical procedure to deliver a baby by cutting through the mother's abdomen and womb, used when a natural birth would be risky or difficult
Lukas's wife had an emergency cesarean when the baby's heart rate dropped suddenly.
collocation: emergency cesarean
After the operation, Zuri needed her sister's help to care for the newborn twins.
Doctors recommended a cesarean for Jin because the baby was lying in a feet-first position.
Omar asked the midwife how long to stay at the hospital after his wife's cesarean.
The maternity unit at Trang's local hospital performs around thirty cesareans each month.
- C-section
informal abbreviation, very common in spoken and informal written English
- cesarean section
the full medical term, more formal than 'cesarean' alone
- abdominal delivery
clinical term used mainly in medical writing, less common in everyday language
- natural birth
birth through the vagina without surgical intervention
- vaginal delivery
the medical term for the opposite method of childbirth
用法筆記
Commonly shortened to 'C-section' in everyday speech. The spelling 'caesarean' is standard in British English.