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Caesarean [Cesarean] section.
Incision through the abdominal and uterine walls for delivery of a fetus.

Also known as "an abdominal delivery". There are claims that Gaius Julius Caesar was delivered by such an operation, but evidence disputes such a claim. Fact: the first known successful Caesarean section was recorded in Pavia, Italy, April, 1876, from a Julie Covallini. Fact: although the operation was occasionally used in ancient times, the Caesarean section usually resulted in death for both the child and the mother. There were some occasions when the child survived, but the mother inevitably perished.

Caesar's mother, Aurelia, lived to be at least seventy years old and was apparently in good health up until the time of her death. This would suggest that she never had such a deadly operation.

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(Caesarean Surgery or Cesarean Surgery)
(Greek: choledochos, from chole, "bile" + dechomai, "to receive"; the common bile duct or tube; conveying bile; containing bile, which is a yellow-green fluid that is made by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and passes through the common bile duct into the first section of the small intestine or duodenum where it helps to digest fat)
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electron-multiplier section
A section of an electron tube in which an electron current is amplified by one or more successive dynode states.

A dynode is an electrode whose primary function is the secondary emission of electrons which are used in multiplier phototubes and some types of television camera tubes.

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gamma cross section
The cross section for absorption or scattering of gamma rays by a nucleus or atom.
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ionization cross section
1. The cross section for a particle or photon to undergo a collision with an atom, and so removing or adding one or more electrons to the atom.
2. An area in which the probability that an atom or ion will undergo ionization when it collides with a particle or photon of sufficient energy is measured.
stratigraphical section (s) (noun), stratigraphical sections (pl)
A local geological column, or any sequence of rock units or formations, that are found at or under the surface in a particular region: Linda found an article about a stratigraphical section that was discovered in her area which depicted certain rock layers and explained the process of the layering itself.
(a radiographic technique that produces an image of a detailed cross section of bodily tissue using a narrow collimated beam of x-rays that rotates in a full arc around a patient to image the body in cross-sectional slices)
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Caesarean Section
The Caesarean Surgery or Cesarean Surgery unit.
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Cesarean section
A medical procedure in which a baby is surgically removed from its mother's uterus.