- effacement - shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
--1 is a kind of organic process, biological process
--1 is a part ofparturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed - effacement, self-effacement - withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous
--2 is a kind of withdrawal
Derived form: verb efface2 - effacement, self-effacement - withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous