effacements

effacement /ef·face·ment/ (ĕ-fās´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

[ifās′mənt]

Etymology: Fr, effacer, to erase

the shortening of the vaginal portion of the cervix and thinning of its walls as it is stretched and dilated by the fetus during labor. When the cervix is fully effaced, the constrictive neck of the uterus is obliterated; the cervix is then continuous with the lower uterine segment. The extent of effacement, determined by vaginal examination, is expressed as a percentage of full effacement. See also birth, cervix, dilation, station.

effacement [ĕ-fās´ment]

the obliteration of form or features; said of the cervix uteri during labor when it shortens from 1 or 2 cm in length to paper thin and there is no longer a cervical canal but only an external cervical os.

Cervical dilation and effacement. During labor, the multigravida's cervix remains thicker than that of the nullipara. From McKinney et al., 2000.

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angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia Apgar score artificial labor birth cervical incompetence cervical ripening cervix dinoprostone dry labor false labor false pain flow sheet incompetent cervix instrumental labor intrapartal care 1 labor missed labor Moth Eaten Pattern placental abruption	These historical and legal effacements of Indigeneity are predicated upon accounts such as Cook's: accounts that became histories which dialectically informed theories, which then emboldened the laws of nation-states. On ethnographic refusal: Indigeneity, 'voice' and colonial citizenship by Simpson, Audra / Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue The effacements taking place between each shot and the subsequent one (the previous mark having been blacked out) is a large part of the fun here, as is the contrast between the artificiality of his posing for each shot and the nevertheless convincing nature of the simple illusion. Robin Rhode: Perry Rubenstein Gallery by Breidenbach, Tom / Artforum International We are granted a vision in which the work of gender in culture, with its evasions and effacements of "the feminine," doubles as the work of pedagogy. Placement, gender, pedagogy: Virgil's fourth Georgic in print * by Wallace, Andrew / Renaissance Quarterly	Edwards' syndrome Edwardsiella Edwardsiella tarda edwardsiellosis EEA stapler EEC group EEC syndrome EECP EEE EEG EEJ eel eelworm EENT EEOC EF ef- EF-4 EFA efalizumab EFAs Efasedan efavirenz EFF effacement effacements effect effect modification effective effective atomic number effective compliance effective conjugate effective dose effective dose equivalent limit effective half-life effective osmotic pressure effective radiating area effective refractory period effective renal blood flow effective renal plasma flow effective reproductive ratio effective temperature effectiveness effector effector cell effeminate effemination efferent efferent duct efferent glomerular arteriole efferent nerve	Efes Vitanta Moldova Brewery Efesos Efesos EFET EFETAC EFETc EFETLA Efexor Efexor eff eff eff eff eff eff off EFF RPTS EFFA EFFAB Effable efface efface efface effaceable effaceable effaced effaced effacement effacement effacement Effacement Jours de Pointe effacements effacer effacer effaces effaces effacing effacing EFFACT EFFAK EFFAS Effascinate Effascination Effat eFFBD EFFC EFFCA EFfCI EFFCU EFFCY EFFD Effe Effeciency Effeciency Effeciency Effeciency Effeciency effect effect effect effect effect

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angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia
Apgar score
artificial labor
birth
cervical incompetence
cervical ripening
cervix
dinoprostone
dry labor
false labor
false pain
flow sheet
incompetent cervix
instrumental labor
intrapartal care 1
labor
missed labor
Moth Eaten Pattern
placental abruption

These historical and legal effacements of Indigeneity are predicated upon accounts such as Cook's: accounts that became histories which dialectically informed theories, which then emboldened the laws of nation-states.

On ethnographic refusal: Indigeneity, 'voice' and colonial citizenship by Simpson, Audra / Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue

The effacements taking place between each shot and the subsequent one (the previous mark having been blacked out) is a large part of the fun here, as is the contrast between the artificiality of his posing for each shot and the nevertheless convincing nature of the simple illusion.

Robin Rhode: Perry Rubenstein Gallery by Breidenbach, Tom / Artforum International

We are granted a vision in which the work of gender in culture, with its evasions and effacements of "the feminine," doubles as the work of pedagogy.

Placement, gender, pedagogy: Virgil's fourth Georgic in print * by Wallace, Andrew / Renaissance Quarterly

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