effacing (0 synonym found)

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Definition of effacing:

(v) : (transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
(v) : (transitive) To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.
(v) : (intransitive) To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.
(v) : (medicine, intransitive) Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.
(v) : (medicine, intransitive) Of a woman: to have the cervix thin and stretch in this manner.

Definition of effacing:

(v) : (transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
(v) : (transitive) To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.
(v) : (intransitive) To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.
(v) : (medicine, intransitive) Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.
(v) : (medicine, intransitive) Of a woman: to have the cervix thin and stretch in this manner.

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