s/n13471517

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has gloss	(noun) shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor effacement
lexicalization	eng: effacement
subclass of	(noun) a process occurring in living organisms organic process, biological process

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part of	(noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" childbed, lying-in, labour, labor, confinement, travail, parturiency