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Caesarean section

Meaning in veterinary medicine, with examples

/sɪˈzeəriən ˈsekʃən/nounCommon term

In veterinary medicine, caesarean section means: An operation to deliver young by cutting through the abdominal wall and the uterus, used when a normal birth is impossible or unsafe.

In Turkish: sezaryen

How it is used

Usually shortened to caesarean, C-section or section. In cows it is often done standing, through the left flank, under local anaesthesia; in dogs and cats it is done under general anaesthesia. US spelling: cesarean.

Example sentences

  1. The calf was too big to come out, so we did a caesarean section on the farm.

  2. After the caesarean section, all five puppies were breathing well.

Common collocations

  • perform a caesarean section
  • emergency caesarean
  • elective caesarean
  • standing caesarean
  • dystociaA difficult or abnormal birth in which the mother cannot deliver her young without help, for example because the baby is too large or wrongly positioned.
  • calvingThe process of a cow giving birth to a calf. The verb is calve, and the time of year when the cows give birth is the calving season.
  • anaesthesiaA controlled state, produced with drugs, in which an animal feels no pain and is usually unconscious, so that surgery or other procedures can be done safely.
  • incisionA clean cut made through the skin and tissues with a scalpel during surgery, or the wound that it leaves.

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