effacement

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Noun effacement has 2 senses

effacement - shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
--₁ is a kind of organic process, biological process
--₁ is a part of
parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
effacement, self-effacement - withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous
--₂ is a kind of withdrawal

Derived form: verb efface₂

eff effable effacacious effacacy efface efface sentence effaceable effaced effacement effacious effecacy effeciant effecient effecive effeciveness effect effect

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