caesarian
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Caesar + -ian, but see also Caesarean section § Etymology.
Adjective
[edit]caesarian (not comparable)
- Alternative form of Caesarean
- 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 282:
- “Your daughter needs a caesarian. Do you know what that is? We have to open her womb and take the baby out, because it is in the breech position.”