caesarean

noun
🔊/sɪˈzeəriən/
🔊/sɪˈzeriən/
(also caesarian)
(both British English)
(US English cesarean)
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a caesarean section (= a medical operation in which an opening is cut in a woman’s body in order to take out a baby)剖宫产,剖腹产(手术)
    • an emergency caesarean紧急剖宫产手术
    • She had to have a caesarean.她不得不接受剖宫产手术。🔊🔊
    • The baby was born by caesarean.那个婴儿是施行剖宫产手术出生的。
    Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a supporter of an emperor or imperial system): from Latin Caesareus ‘of Caesar’ + -an.

caesarean

adjective
🔊/sɪˈzeəriən/
🔊/sɪˈzeriən/
(also caesarian)
(both British English)
(US English cesarean)
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  1. by or connected with a caesarean section (= a medical operation in which an opening is cut in a woman’s body in order to take out a baby)剖宫产,剖腹产(手术)
    • a caesarean birth/delivery剖腹产
    Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a supporter of an emperor or imperial system): from Latin Caesareus ‘of Caesar’ + -an.

caesarean

adjective
🔊/sɪˈzeəriən/
🔊/sɪˈzeriən/
(also caesarian)
(both British English)
(US English usually cesarean)
Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a supporter of an emperor or imperial system): from Latin Caesareus ‘of Caesar’ + -an.
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