effacement
1. shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor • Hypernyms: organic process, biological process • Part Holonyms: parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed 2. withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous • Syn: self-effacement • Derivationally related forms: efface • Hypernyms: withdrawal
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