Effacement
nounid
49367·updated May 18, 2026verified
shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- self-effacement
- plural
- Effacements
- possessive
- Effacement's
- pluralpossessive
- Effacements'
Framework definitions
- §1
- withdrawing into the background
- §2
- shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
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