effacement

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noun

1. shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
• Hypernyms:
organic process, biological process
• Part Holonyms:
parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in,
travail, childbed
2. withdrawing into the background;
making yourself inconspicuous
• Syn:
self-effacement
• Derivationally related forms:
efface
• Hypernyms:
withdrawal