CÆSAREAN

{ Cæ‐sa″re‐an, Cæ‐sa″ri‐an (sē̍‐zā″rĭ‐an), } a. [[L. Caesareus, Caesarianus.]] Of or pertaining to Cæsar or the Cæsars; imperial. Cæsarean section (Surg.), the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; — so called because Julius Cæsar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation.