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)

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)

 Context examples 

Fetal death greater than or equal to 20 weeks of gestation prior to labor and Apgar scores of 0 at 1 minute, 5 minutes and beyond.

(Antepartum Stillbirth, NCI Thesaurus)

A component of the Apgar score, it is the numerical value assigned to an assessment of the residual muscle tension of a neonate. 0 = flaccid; 1 = flexion of extremities; 2 = active motion.

(Muscle Tone Score, NCI Thesaurus)

Fetal death greater than or equal to 20 weeks of gestation during labor and Apgar scores of 0 at 1 minute, 5 minutes and beyond.

(Intrapartum Stillbirth, NCI Thesaurus)

A component of the Apgar score, it is the numerical value assigned to an assessment of the circulatory status of a neonate. 0 = no pulse; 1 = rate less than 100 beats per minute; 2 = rate greater than 100 beats per minute.

(Heart Rate Score, NCI Thesaurus)

A component of the Apgar score, it is the numerical value assigned to the assessment of breathing effort by a neonate. 0 = no spontaneous respirations; 1 = slow or irregular respirations or a weak cry; 2 = strong, consistent respirations with a robust cry.

(Breathing Effort Score, NCI Thesaurus)