variants:
or caesarean section
or less commonly cesarian section
or caesarian section
Definition of cesarean section
: a surgical procedure involving incision of the walls of the abdomen and uterus for delivery of offspring
Examples of cesarean section in a Sentence
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After a cesarean section and three days in the St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Schalker went back to prison and her daughter, Indigo, went home without her. — Ryan Faircloth, Twin Cities, "‘An insult to child development’: MN prisons mull alternatives to incarceration for pregnant women," 8 Sep. 2019 Born by cesarean section, the girls emerged with their skulls and blood vessels fused together. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, "Sisters conjoined at the head are separated after 50 hours of surgery," 16 July 2019 Gase's wife, Jennifer, gave birth to the couple's son Wyatt in October 2013 with a cesarean section scheduled for 10 a.m. — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, "Adam Gase Left His Wife Immediately After She Gave Birth to Meet With Peyton Manning," 7 Aug. 2019 The girl was born in June via cesarean section to a patient in her mid-30s, said the Cleveland Clinic, which performed the transplantation and birth. — Scottie Andrew And Saeed Ahmed, CNN, "A woman delivered the first baby in the US born from the transplanted uterus of a dead donor," 9 July 2019 With that grim information, Byrom did not feel the urgency to more quickly deliver her baby via cesarean section, according to the suit. — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore jury's record $229 million malpractice verdict may change a life — but likely not the system," 4 July 2019 More than a year and a half later, Noe delivered Renley and Rhett by cesarean section at a Portland hospital, their ecstatic mother by her side. — Scottie Andrew And Brian Ries, CNN, "A woman who carried her twin sister's babies gave birth to her two healthy twins," 21 June 2019 The mother, a 17-year-old from Guatemala, had an emergency cesarean section in Mexico in early May and crossed the border with the baby June 4, Frye said. — Washington Post, "Doctors will conduct health checks at facility with preemie," 15 June 2019 Kathryn’s water eventually broke, labor began a few days later and doctors performed a cesarean section. — Kate Thayer, chicagotribune.com, "Finding hope after tragedy: Wife's stroke left dad with newborn triplets a year ago," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cesarean section.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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