APGAR SCORE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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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