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ef·face·ment (ə-fāsґmənt) the taking up or obliteration of the cervix in labor when it is so changed that only the thin external os remains.Medical dictionary. 2011.
effacement — [ efasmɑ̃ ] n. m. • esfacement XIIIe; de effacer 1 ♦ Action d effacer; son résultat. Effacement accidentel d un fichier informatique. ⇒ destruction, disparition. Ling. Ellipse syntaxique. ♢ Fig. L effacement d un souvenir. 2 ♦ Action de s effacer … Encyclopédie Universelle
Effacement — may refer to: Histology Effacement (histology), the shortening, or thinning, of a tissue. Cervical effacement, the thinning of the cervix. Paleontology Effacement, an evolutionary trend resulting in the loss of surface detail in trilobites … Wikipedia
Effacement — Ef*face ment, n. [Cf. F. effacement.] The act if effacing; also, the result of the act. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
effacement — index annulment, defacement, dissolution (termination) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
effacement — Effacement, Obliteratio, Deletio … Thresor de la langue françoyse
effacement — (è fa se man) s. m. 1° Action d effacer ; résultat de cette action. L effacement de l écriture. 2° Fig. • Qu est ce que le jeûne, sinon l effacement de nos offenses ?, BOUHOURS Nouv. rem.. 3° Perte de l empreinte propre. L effacement des… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
EFFACEMENT — n. m. Action d’effacer, de s’effacer. Dans ce manuscrit, l’effacement des lettres rend la lecture presque impossible. Fig., L’effacement des impressions, des caractères. Rester dans un effacement volontaire … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
effacement — noun a) withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous Native Americans seem to have always placed great value on silence and direct experience, and in indigenous cultures in general, silence denotes respect and self effacement. b) A… … Wiktionary
effacement — trynimas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. erasure vok. Löschung, f rus. стирание, n pranc. effacement, m … Automatikos terminų žodynas
effacement — efface ► VERB 1) erase (a mark) from a surface. 2) (efface oneself) make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous. DERIVATIVES effacement noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «pardon or be absolved from (an offence)»: from French effacer,… … English terms dictionary
effacement — 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, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
