Look up: Effacement


  1. effacement
    [n] - shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor 2. [n] - withdrawing into the background
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=effacement

  2. Effacement
    Effacement is the thinning (sometimes called ripening) of the cervix in preparation for delivery. During effacement, the cervix goes from more than an inch thick to paper thin.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20415

  3. effacement
    This is the thinning and shortening (sometimes called 'ripening') of the cervix during early labour. During effacement, the cervix goes from more than an inch thick to paper thin.
    Found op http://www.babycentre.co.uk/glossary/e/

  4. Effacement
    Effacement: The thinning of the cervix which occurs before and while it dilates.
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=3195

  5. Effacement
    Ef·face'ment noun [ Confer French effacement .] The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/10

  6. effacement
    The thinning of the cervix which occurs before and while it dilates. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?effacement

  7. effacement
    self-effacement noun withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=effacement



  1. effacement
    noun shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=effacement

  2. effacement
    (ә-fās´mәnt) 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.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  3. Effacement
    • (n.) The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/effacement/

  4. effacement
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ē-fās′ment Definitions: 1. The thinning out of the cervix just before or during labor.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=27992

  5. Effacement
    The thinning and shortening of the cervix that is necessary to prepare for a vaginal delivery. Effacement occurs during the first stage of labor . Effacement is measured in percentages from 0 - 100%, with 100% being fully effaced.
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/E/1

  6. Effacement
    [histology] Effacement is the shortening, or thinning, of a tissue. It can refer to cervical effacement. It can also refer to a process occurring in podocytes, for example in minimal change disease. In histopathology, it refers to the near obliteration of a tissue, as in the normal parenchym...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effacement_(histology)

  7. Effacement
    [disambiguation] Huntley & Palmers biscuit tin on a Congo trading steamer, Upper Congo River, c. 1890. "A trading steamer on the Upper Congo River, a tin of biscuits is visible by its funnel. The photograph`s mount is inscribed `Huntley & Palmers biscuits foremost again`." Height: 11.5cm, Wi...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effacement_(disambiguation)

  8. effacement
    1) Biological process 2) Organic process
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/effacement/1

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