Cē-sā're-an, a.

a. [Lat. Cæsareus, Cæsarianus, pertaining to Cæsar; Fr. cesarien.] Pertaining to Cæsar.

Cæsarean section (Surg.), an incision made through the parietes of the abdomen and uterus in order to extract the fetus;—so called from Julius Cæsar, whose birth is said to have been accomplished by means of the operation, and who received his surname from it: “A cæso matris utero dictus” (Pliny, 7, 9, 7).

Dunglison. Palmer.