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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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