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Effacement (histology) 
Summary
Effacement is the shortening, or thinning, of a tissue.
It can refer to cervical effacement. It can also refer to a process occurring in podocytes in nephrotic syndrome.[1]
In histopathology, it refers to the near obliteration of a tissue, as in the normal parenchyma of tissues in the case of some cancers.
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