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English noun: effacement | |||
| 1. | effacement (process) shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | biological process, organic process | ||
| Part meronym | childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail | ||
| 2. | effacement (act) withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous | ||
| Synonyms | self-effacement | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | withdrawal | ||
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