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effacement|ɛˈfeɪsmənt|
[f. as prec. + -ment.]
The process of effacing; the fact of being effaced.
1797Monthly Rev. XXIII. 572 A state of simplicity..subsequent to the effacement of the vices of barbarism. 1866Wedgwood Origin of Lang. 7 Effacement of a sense from want of practice. 1876Mozley Univ. Serm. v. 99 The effacement of the national sentiment is an artificial and violent evasion of a fact of nature.
Add:b. spec. in Obstetr. Cf. *efface v. 5.
1941H. J. Stander J. W. Williams's Obstetr. (ed. 8) xii. 345 The dilatation of the cervix should be regarded as consisting of two stages: first, obliteration or effacement of the canal; and, second, dilatation of the external os. 1979G. Bourne Pregnancy (rev. ed.) xxiv. 336 This process of elimination of the length of the cervical canal is known as effacement, or ‘taking up of the cervix’. 1985Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 Sept. 687/1 There is also abdominal enlargement, but without effacement of the umbilicus. |