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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 caesarean section n. Surg., the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius Cæsar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation; -- called also caesarean.
 Syn: -- cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 caesarean section
      n : the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the
          abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius
          Caesar was born that way) [syn: cesarean delivery, caesarean
           delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, C-section,
           cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, abdominal delivery]