Short for 'cesarean section,' a surgical procedure in which a baby is delivered through an incision in the mother's abdomen and uterus.
Abbreviated form of 'cesarean section' (from Latin 'caesus', meaning 'cut'), which allegedly referred to Julius Caesar, though the etymological connection is debated by historians.
The term 'cesarean' might not actually come from Caesar—Roman writers never mentioned him being born this way, and the surgery was extremely rare and dangerous in ancient times, making the etymology more legend than fact.
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