effacement   (TTS Sound)

The effacement has 2 Senses.

• effacement
• shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
• 子宮頸部の短縮とその壁の薄層化は、労働の間、膨張される

• self-effacement, effacement
• 目だたないようにすること, 自分を目だたせないようにすること
• withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous
• 後ろの方に引き下がる