Caesarean

Definitions: Caesarean

Caesarean

Adjective

1. Relating to abdominal delivery.

2. Of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar.

Noun

1. The delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way).

Date "caesarean" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1748. (references)

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
caesarean	English	Caesarean section	Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Caesarean

Synonyms: caesarian (adj), abdominal delivery (n), caesarean delivery (n), caesarean section (n), cesarean (n), cesarean delivery (n), cesarean section (n), cesarian (n), cesarian section (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Caesarean

English words defined with "caesarean": caesarean delivery, caesarean section ♦ Gastroelytrotomy, Gastrohysterotomy ♦ Metrotomy ♦ posthumous birth. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Caesarean Birth: Experience, Practice and History (reference) Different Doorway: Adventures of a Caesarean Born (reference) Not of Woman Born: Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture (reference) The Well-Informed Patient's Guide to Caesarean Births (reference) Velleius Paterculus : The Caesarean and Augustan Narrative (2.41-93) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Caesarean" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.69% of the time. "Caesarean" is used about 121 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	96.69%	117	29,823
Adjective (general or positive)	3.31%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	121	N/A

Expressions using "caesarean": caesarean delivery ♦ caesarean operation ♦ caesarean section. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "caesarean"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏قيصري, ‏عملية قيصرية. (various references)

Chinese		剖腹 (Caesarian, Cesarean, Cesarian). (various references)

Danish		sectio cæsarea (caesarean section), kejsersnit (caesarean section, caesarian). (various references)

Dutch		keizersnede (caesarean section, caesarian). (various references)

Finnish		keisarileikkaus (caesarean section). (various references)

French		césarienne (caesarean operation, caesarean section, caesarian), césarien, opération césarienne (caesarean section). (various references)

German		Kaiserschnitt (c(a)esarean (section), caesarean section, caesarian, cesarean, hysterectomy). (various references)

Greek		καισαρική τομή (caesarean section, caesarian section). (various references)

Hebrew		קיסרי (imperial). (various references)

Hungarian		császári (cesarean, imperatorial, imperial), cézári. (various references)

Italian		cesarino, taglio cesareo (caesarean section), parto cesareo (caesarean section, caesarian, caesurean operation). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		帝王切開�" (Caesarean section), 帝王切開 (Caesarean section). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ていおうせっかいじゅつ (Caesarean section), ていおうせっかい (Caesarean section). (various references)

Korean		로마 황� � (Caesarian, Cesarean, Cesarian). (various references)

Manx		ruggyr Kaesaragh, Kaesaragh, giarrey brooinney. (various references)

Pig Latin		aesareancay.(various references)

Portuguese		cesariana (caesarean operation, caesarean section, caesarian). (various references)

Romanian		cezarian. (various references)

Russian		кесарево сечение (caesarean section, Caesarian operation). (various references)

Spanish		cesariano, cesáreo, cesárea (caesarean operation, caesarean section, cesarian), operación cesárea (caesarean section). (various references)

Thai		การคลอ�"บุตรโ�"ยการผ่าท้อง (caesarean section). (various references)

Turkish		sezar ile ilgili (caesarian). (various references)

Ukranian		імператорський (imperial), самодержавний (autocratic, autocratical, monarchical, sovereign), що стосу�"ться цезаря, цезарів, цезарист, кесарів, монархіст (monarchist), прихильник імперії. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "caesarean": caesareans. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Caesarean" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caesaria, Caesario, caeserian, Casearia, Catesbaea, ceasarian, Kaisarani, Kasrawan. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "caesarean" (pronounced kā"serē'n)
3	-er ē' n	antisubmarine, cyclosporine, submarine.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-e-n-r-s"
	-1 letter: cesarean.
	-2 letters: careens, caserne, recanes.
	-3 letters: anears, arcana, arcane, arecas, arenas, caesar, caners, careen, casern, censer, cranes, crease, encase, nacres, rances, ranees, recane, screen, seance, secern, seneca.
	-4 letters: acnes, acres, anear, ansae, areae, areas, areca, arena, asana, caner, canes, cares, carns, carse, cease, cense, ceres, crane, earns, erase, ernes, escar, nacre, narcs, nares, nears, races, rance, ranee, sacra, saner, saran, saree, scare, scena, scene, scree, serac, snare, sneer.
	-5 letters: aces, acne, acre, anas, anes, ansa, arcs, area, ares, arse, asea, cane, cans, care, carn, cars, casa, case, cees, cere, earn, ears, ease, eras, erne, erns, narc, near, race, rase, recs, rees, sane, scan, scar, sear, seen, seer, sene, sera, sere.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-e-e-n-r-s"
	+1 letter: caesareans.
	+2 letters: appearances.
	+3 letters: abecedarians, carrageenans.
	+4 letters: ascertainable, disappearance, extravagances, reappearances.
	+5 letters: disappearances, extravagancies, hepatopancreas, nonappearances.
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