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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A system of assessing the general physical condition of a newborn infant based on a rating of 0, 1, or 2 for five criteria: heart rate, respiration, muscle tone, skin color, and response to stimuli. The five scores are added together, with a perfect score being 10.
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- noun A zero to ten point score given to newborns based on their
APGAR vitals .
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- noun an assessment of the physical condition of a newborn infant; involves heart rate and muscle tone and respiratory effort and color and reflex responsiveness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Virginia Apgar, (1909–1974), American physician.]
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From Dr. Virginia Apgar, 1952
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