APGAR SCORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Apgar score mean? • APGAR SCORE (noun)
The noun APGAR SCORE has 1 sense:
1. an assessment of the physical condition of a newborn infant; involves heart rate and muscle tone and respiratory effort and color and reflex responsiveness
Familiarity information: APGAR SCORE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• APGAR SCORE (noun)
Meaning:
An assessment of the physical condition of a newborn infant; involves heart rate and muscle tone and respiratory effort and color and reflex responsiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Apgar score" is a kind of...):
assay; check (an appraisal of the state of affairs)
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