caesarean

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Cae=sar=e=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

caesarean, n. 

 same as caesarean section.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

caesarean, adj. & n. (also Caesarian, US Ces-)
--adj.
1 of Caesar or the Caesars.
2 (of a birth) effected by Caesarean section.
--n. a Caesarean section.

Idiom

Caesarean section an operation for delivering a child by cutting through the wall of the abdomen (Julius Caesar supposedly having been born this way).

Etymology

L Caesarianus