Apgar score
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- noun
- /ˈæpɡɑr skɔr/
- Specialized
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puntuación de Apgar
- Only infants who received APGAR scores of seven and above (which indicates that they were in good physical condition) were included in the final sample.
So a very common score that's used to try to characterize risk for premature infant, for infant birth, generally speaking, is known as the Apgar score.
- So a very common score that's used to try to characterize risk for premature infant, for infant birth, generally speaking, is known as the Apgar score.
Examples
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Infants' health status was defined according to their APGAR scores.
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APGAR scores of 8 and higher are the criteria accepted as reflecting normality in newborns (Nelson, 1987).
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One was the five-minute APGAR score.
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The infant's Apgar scores were 8 at 1 minute and 9 at 5 minutes.
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APGAR score at 5 minutes was 10/10.
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She got a 10 on the Apgar score (which is apparently extremely rare).
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In the present study, we included only mothers of babies whose first APGAR score was higher than 8 and whose second APGAR score was equal to or higher.
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In the present study, we included only mothers of babies whose first APGAR score was higher than 8 and whose second APGAR score was equal to or higher.
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The authors of the study seemed to hope that it would be used to help identify women who were at risk of PTSD—women with anxiety disorders, few social supports, previous victims of sexual trauma, or who had given birth to a child with a low APGAR score—so that supports could be put in place for them.
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The nurse recorded the baby's Apgar score immediately after birth to check its vital signs.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Apgar + score
Apgar is a proper name/eponym (not semantically transparent) while score clearly signals a measure or rating, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely infer this is some kind of score or test but would not be able to derive that it specifically assesses a newborn's physical condition or the particular criteria. The combination therefore provides a partial clue (type of measurement) but not the full, specific meaning, so it is best classified as semi-transparent.
Etymology
Apgar score comes from the name of Dr. Apgar, who made a quick test to check a newborn's health right after birth. Nurses gave a 'score', a small number for things like breathing, muscle tone and skin color, so today Apgar score means that fast health check and the baby's number.