| NOUN | process | effacement | shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor |
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| act | effacement, self-effacement | withdrawing into the background |
| Meaning | shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor. | |
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| Part of | parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed | concluding state of pregnancy |
| Broader | organic process, biological process | A process occurring in living organisms |
| Meaning | Withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous. | |
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| Synonym | self-effacement | |
| Broader | withdrawal | The act of withdrawing |
| Catalan | retirar-se | |
| Verbs | efface | make inconspicuous |
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