資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Caesarean \C[ae]*sa"re*an\, Caesarian \C[ae]*sa"ri*an\, a. [L.
   Caesareus, Caesarianus.]
   Of or pertaining to C[ae]sar or the C[ae]sars; imperial.

   {C[ae]sarean 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 C[ae]sar
      is reported to have been brought into the world by such an
      operation.

資料來源 : WordNet®

caesarean section
     n : the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the
         abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius
         Caesar was born that way) [syn: {cesarean delivery}, {caesarean
         delivery}, {cesarean section}, {cesarian section}, {C-section},
          {cesarean}, {cesarian}, {caesarean}, {abdominal delivery}]