cesarean section
noun
variants
or caesarean section
or less commonly cesarian section
or caesarian section
often capitalized C
: a surgical procedure involving incision of the walls of the abdomen and uterus for delivery of offspring
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Minutes after their son, Crew, was born via cesarean section, Hailey went into cardiac arrest following an amniotic fluid embolism (AFE).
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Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 24 July 2025
This week, an appellate court upheld a lower court's finding that the hospital delayed a cesarean section—causing the child to be born with severe brain injuries including cerebral palsy.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Birth after death For centuries, Catholic dogma and Western legal precedent have mandated immediate cesarean section when a pregnant woman died after quickening, the point when fetal movement becomes discernible.
—Lindsey Breitwieser, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
The family returned home and the hospital scheduled a cesarean section for April 14.
—Rebecca Grant
june 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
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Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 24 July 2025
This week, an appellate court upheld a lower court's finding that the hospital delayed a cesarean section—causing the child to be born with severe brain injuries including cerebral palsy.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Birth after death For centuries, Catholic dogma and Western legal precedent have mandated immediate cesarean section when a pregnant woman died after quickening, the point when fetal movement becomes discernible.
—Lindsey Breitwieser, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
The family returned home and the hospital scheduled a cesarean section for April 14.
—Rebecca Grant
june 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
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cesarean section
nounsometimes capitalized C
: a surgical procedure involving incision of the walls of the abdomen and uterus for delivery of offspring
Even a history of multiple cesarean sections need not exclude a pregnant woman from attempting a vaginal delivery, new research indicates.—Science News
Science Newscalled also cesarean, C-section
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