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Caesarean
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Caesarean, Caesarian (US), Cesarean, Cesarian
1. of or relating to any of the Caesars, esp Julius Caesar (100--44 bc), Roman general, statesman, and historian
2. Surgery
a. short for Caesarean section
b. (as modifier): Caesarean birth


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Newly amended laws in Queensland could have surprising consequences for mothers, as a Queensland woman discovered when she chose to have her baby via a vaginal delivery after having had two previous caesareans.
Rob Stein, "Elective Caesareans Judged Ethical; Doctors Group Issues Statement on Popular Procedure," Washington Post.
Their mothers were more likely to be older than most, or to have had epidural anaesthesia or to have had emergency or elective caesareans.
 
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