cesarean section
surgical procedure in which a baby is delivered through a parent’s abdomen
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Summary
cesarean section is a medical procedure[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of medical procedure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,990 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Chanakya[3]
- Named after: Julius Caesar[4]
- Subclass of: childbirth[5], surgical operation[6], abdominal surgery[7], obstetrics and gynaecology[8]
- Commons category: Caesarean section[9]
- Time of discovery or invention: 320 BC[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Caesarean sections[11]
- Commons gallery: Caesarian section[12]
- Facet of: women's health[13]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Otto's encyclopedia[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[18]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C46088[19]
- Different from: embryotomy[20], fetotomy[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[22]
- WordLift URL: http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/cesarean_section_2[23]
- Medically indicated in case of: malpresentation of fetus[24], fetal distress[25]
Why It Matters
cesarean section has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]