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Effacement

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effacement /ef·face·ment/ (e-fas´ment) the obliteration of features; said of the cervix during labor when it is so changed that only the external os remains.
Effacement
The thinning out of the cervix that normally occurs along with dilation shortly before delivery.
Mentioned in: Incompetent Cervix
effacement
the obliteration of form or features; applied to the cervix uteri during labor when it is so changed that only the ostium uteri remains.
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