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adj
Of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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adj
Alternative form of Caesarean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of Caesarian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable
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noun
A follower of Julius Caesar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
A member of the populares faction of Julius Caesar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
A Caesarean section.
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Caesarian
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Usage: alt-of
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adjective
of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Caesarean
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adjective
relating to abdominal delivery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cesarean, cesarian, caesarean
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noun
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, abdominal delivery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: delivery, obstetrical delivery
History
Etymology tree Latin Caesar Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Latin Caesariānusbor. English Caesarian Borrowed from Latin Caesariānus, from Caesar + -iānus. By surface analysis, Caesar + -ian. Piecewise doublet of tsarian. For the sense “Caesarean section”, see also "Caesarean section § Etymology" on Wikipedia.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
