An alternative spelling of cesarean, referring to surgical childbirth through abdominal incision.
Variant spelling of cesarean, using the Latin spelling with 's' instead of 'c'. Both forms derive from Caesar via the same etymological path.
This spelling variant is less common in modern English, but you'll still see it in older medical texts and in some British publications that preferred the more Latinate spelling conventions.
Variant spelling of 'cesarean,' inheriting the same eponymous male attribution and historical erasure of female medical practitioners' role in surgical delivery development.
Prefer 'cesarean section' over this less common variant. Use with awareness of gendered naming history.
["cesarean section","cesarean delivery"]
Women healers and modern female obstetricians have driven obstetric innovation; the male eponym obscures this legacy.
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