■ noun a surgical operation for delivering a child by cutting through the wall of the mother's abdomen.
Origin
C17: from the story that Julius Caesar was delivered by this method.
■ noun a surgical operation for delivering a child by cutting through the wall of the mother's abdomen.
Origin
C17: from the story that Julius Caesar was delivered by this method.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004