caesarean
cae·sar·e·an
variants:
or less commonly caesarian
Caesarean
adjectiveCae·sar·e·an | \ si-ˈzer-ē-ən 
\
\variants:
or less commonly Caesarian
Definition of Caesarean (Entry 2 of 2)
: of or relating to Julius Caesar or Augustus Caesar or to one of the Caesars who succeeded Augustus Caesar as Roman emperor
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The first known use of caesarean was in 1528
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