Meaning of EFFACEMENT
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- [n] withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous
- [n] shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
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| | Synonyms: | | self-effacement |
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| | See Also: | | biological process, childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, organic process, parturiency, travail, withdrawal | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ef*face"ment\, n. [Cf. F. effacement.]
The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Effacement is the thinning out of the cervix during the first stage of labor from 0 percent to 100 percent when it is less than 0.25 centimeters thick. |
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