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
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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.
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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.
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4. Effacement
   Effacement: The thinning of the cervix which occurs before and while it dilates.
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5. Effacement
   Ef·face'ment noun [ Confer French effacement .] The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.
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6. effacement
   The thinning of the cervix which occurs before and while it dilates. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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7. effacement
   self-effacement noun withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous
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8. effacement
   noun shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
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9. 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.
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10. Effacement
    • (n.) The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.
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11. effacement
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ē-fās′ment Definitions: 1. The thinning out of the cervix just before or during labor.
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12. 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.
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13. 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.<ref name="pmid18922801">--> In histopathology, it refers to the near obliterati...
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