Apgar score


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Apgar score /ˈapgə/
noun Medicine a number expressing the physical condition of a newborn infant (a score of ten representing the best possible condition).
– origin 1960s: named after the American anaesthesiologist Virginia Apgar.
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