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Cæsarean, Cæsarian, a. and n.|siːˈzɛərɪən|
[ad. L. Cæsariān-us pertaining to Cæsar; also f. L. Cæsare-us, in same sense + -an.]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to Cæsar or the Cæsars.
1659Howell Lex. Tetragl. To Philol., The Italian may be also calld..the Imperiall Cæsarean language. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. 95 A short Cæsarian conquest overcoming without a blow. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. I. 402 The Cæsarean ornaments. 1876Emerson Ess. Ser. ii. iv. 105 Men of the right Cæsarian pattern.
2. (Also with lower-case initial): spec. (in Obstet. Surg.) Cæsarean birth, operation, section, the delivery of a child by cutting through the walls of the abdomen when delivery cannot take place in the natural way, as was done in the case of Julius Cæsar. Also fig.
1615Crooke Body of Man 344 Concerning this Cæsarian section. 1661Hickeringill Jamaica 40 Neither heat nor cold can baracade the..womb of the earth from the Cæsarean Section..of the greedy Miners. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v., Sometimes also denominated the Cæsarian birth..as were [born] C. Julius Cæsar, Scipio Africanus, Manlius, and our Edward VI. 1818Cruise Digest I. 163 If the wife dies in childbed, and the issue is taken out of the womb by the Cæsarean operation, the husband will not be entitled to curtesy. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. IV. ii. v. 71 The Principality of Orange..clearly Prussia's; but it lies embedded deep in the belly of France: that will be a Cæsarean operation for you!
B. n.
1. An adherent of Cæsar, of the Emperor (against the Pope), or of an imperial system.
1528Let. in Brewer Reign Hen. VIII, II. 323 The Archbishop of Capua and others of the Cæsarians. c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (1878) 182 If any such thing should by the Cæsarients..be attempted. 1618Bolton Florus (1636) 282 The eagernesse of the Cæsarians. 1869Seeley Ess. & Lect. i. 2 Then the Cæsarians become..enlightened Liberals.
2. (Also with lower-case initial.) A Cæsarean section. colloq.
1923S. P. Warren in Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. VI. 338 (heading) What I have learned from my one hundred and six cesareans. 1948Parent's Mag. Apr. 93/1 Hospitals generally let mothers recovering from a Caesarean remain longer than the ordinary five-day limit. 1971H. & M. Brant Dict. Pregnancy, Childbirth, & Contraception 46 It usually takes two to three months before you feel really well after a caesarean. 1985Washington Post 13 Jan. k2/4 The AMA reports that a Caesarean commands an additional {pstlg}250 over a vaginal delivery. |