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effacementenUK
ef·face E0048000 (ĭ-fās′)v. ef·faced, ef·fac·ing, ef·fac·es v.tr.1. To rub or wipe out; erase: The serial number had been effaced from the stolen product.2. To remove or make indistinct: "Five years' absence had done nothing to efface the people's memory of his firmness" (Alan Moorehead).3. To conduct (oneself) inconspicuously: "When the two women went out together, Anna deliberately effaced herself and played to the dramatic Molly" (Doris Lessing).4. Medicine To cause to become shorter, softer, and thinner during labor: The cervix was effaced as the contractions continued.v.intr. Medicine To become shorter, softer, and thinner during labor. Used of the cervix.
[Middle English effacen, from French effacer, from Old French esfacier : es-, out (from Latin ex-, ex-) + face, face; see face.]
ef·face′a·ble adj.ef·face′ment n.ef·fac′er n.
ef·fa·cé E5047150 (ĕf′ə-sā′)n. A position in ballet in which the dancer stands at an angle to the audience so that part of the body is hidden from view.
[French, from past participle of effacer, to efface; see efface.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | effacement - shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during laborbiological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organismschildbed, confinement, lying-in, parturiency, travail, labour, labor - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" | | 2. | effacement - withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuousself-effacementwithdrawal - the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam" |
TranslationseffacementenUK
effacement [ĕ-fās´ment] the obliteration of form or features; said of the cervix uteri during labor when it shortens from 1 or 2 cm in length to paper thin and there is no longer a cervical canal but only an external cervical os. Cervical dilation and effacement. During labor, the multigravida's cervix remains thicker than that of the nullipara. From McKinney et al., 2000.ef·face·ment (ē-fās'ment), The thinning out of the cervix just before or during labor.effacement Obstetrics The process that occurs during the last month of pregnancy, extending through the 1st stage of labor in which the cervix and endocervix become thinner and shorter; the canal is thus converted from a tube to a flaring funnelef·face·ment (e-fās'mĕnt) The thinning out of the cervix just before or during labor. EffacementThe thinning out of the cervix that normally occurs along with dilation shortly before delivery.Mentioned in: Incompetent CervixeffacementenUK
Synonyms for effacementnoun shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during laborRelated Words- biological process
- organic process
- childbed
- confinement
- lying-in
- parturiency
- travail
- labour
- labor
noun withdrawing into the backgroundSynonymsRelated Words |