cesarean
cesarean — 名詞
1. a surgical procedure to deliver a baby by cutting through the mother's abdomen a
剖腹產
切開腹部與子宮取出胎兒的手術
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.
Lukas 的太太因為胎兒心跳突然下降，接受了緊急剖腹產。
collocation: emergency cesarean
After the operation, Zuri needed her sister's help to care for the newborn twins.
手術後，Zuri 需要姊姊的幫忙來照顧剛出生的雙胞胎。
Doctors recommended a cesarean for Jin because the baby was lying in a feet-first position.
醫生建議 Jin 進行剖腹產，因為胎兒的腳朝下。
Omar asked the midwife how long to stay at the hospital after his wife's cesarean.
Omar 問助產士，太太剖腹產後需要在醫院待多久。
The maternity unit at Trang's local hospital performs around thirty cesareans each month.
Trang 住家附近的醫院產科每個月大約進行三十次剖腹產手術。
- 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.