[ 'apgə ]
■ 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 .
[ 'apgə ]
■ 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 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004