Webster Dictionary (4.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: Proficiency (noun) the quality of state of being proficient; advance in the acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; progression in knowledge; improvement; adeptness; as, to acquire proficiency in music
Additional terms include: 1  retrocessed uterus: both the superior and inferior ends of the uterus are pushed posteriorly.  severely anteflexed uterus: the uterus is in the same position as normal and bends in the same direction (concave is anterior) but the bend is much more pronounced.
Induction of labour is defined as the process. of artificially stimulating the uterus to start. labour (1). It is usually performed by administer-. ing oxytocin or prostaglandins to the pregnant. woman or by manually rupturing the amniotic. membranes.