d cesarean delivery caesarean delivery caesarian delivery cesarean section cesarian section caesarean section caesarian section C-section cesarean cesarian caesarean caesarian abdominal delivery a b a a | the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
reduction simplification | the act of reducing complexity |
Section Eight | a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable |
decrease diminution reduction step-down | the act of decreasing or reducing something |
discount price reduction deduction | the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise |
incision section surgical incision | the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) |
zone fire | artillery or mortar fire delivered in a constant direction at several quadrant elevations |
horizontal section | a mechanical drawing of an object as if made by a plane cutting through it horizontally |
reduction gear | gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed |
section segment | one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object, a section of a fishing rod, metal sections were used below ground, finished the final segment of the road |
traffic island safety island safety isle safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
vertical section | a mechanical drawing showing the interior of an object as if made by a vertical plane passing through it |
twilight zone no man's land | the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both), but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal, in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity, in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression |
cross section | (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles, measured in barns |
erogenous zone | any area of the body especially sensitive to sexual stimulation |
language area language zone | a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language |
zone zona | (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure |
comfort zone | the temperature range (between anddegrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweating |
cross section | a sample meant to be representative of a whole population |
part section division | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole, the written part of the exam, the finance section of the company, the BBC's engineering division |
section subdivision | a selfontained part of a larger composition (written or musical), he always turns first to the business section, the history of this work is discussed in the next section |
sports section | the section of a newspaper that reports on sports |
section | a segment of a citrus fruit, he ate a section of the orange |
department section | a specialized division of a large organization, you'll find it in the hardware department, she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury |
section | a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon |
section | a small army unit usually having a special function |
section | a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class |
brass section brass | the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments |
string section strings | the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments |
violin section | the section of an orchestra that plays violins |
percussion section percussion rhythm section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments |
trumpet section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays trumpets or cornets |
reed section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays reed instruments |
clarinet section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays clarinets |
section discussion section | a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately, a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course |
section gang | a work crew assigned to a section of a railroad |
Secret Intelligence Service MI Military Intelligence Section | the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas |
Security Service MI Military Intelligence Section | the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory |
Antarctic Antarctic Zone South Frigid Zone | the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters |
Arctic Arctic Zone North Frigid Zone | the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole |
zone | an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic |
zone geographical zone | any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude |
climatic zone | any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude |
cross section | a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis |
zone of interior | the part of the theater of war not included in the theater of operations |
Frigid Zone polar zone polar region | the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole, characterized by frigid climate |
benthos benthic division benthonic zone | a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones |
littoral litoral littoral zone sands | the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean |
loading zone loading area | a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded |
no-parking zone | a space where automobiles are not allowed to park |