apgar

French - English

Definition of apgar in French English dictionary

Apgar, family name; Virginia Apgar (1909-1974), United States physician who developed the Apgar score test (in 1952), to evaluate the physical state of newborns

English - English

Definition of apgar in English English dictionary

{i} test performed to evaluate and determine the physical state of a newborn baby carried out one minute after birth and repeated five minutes after birth (five things are tested: heart rate, respiration, muscle tone, reflexes and skin color {rating is based on a scale from 1 to 10})

{i} family name; Virginia Apgar (1909-1974), United States physician who developed the Apgar score test (in 1952) to evaluate the physical state of newborns

English - French

Definition of apgar in English French dictionary

{n} Apgar, score Apgar, test de santé effectué à la naissance d'un nouveau-né et qui permet d'évaluer et de déterminer son état de santé test répété à plusieurs intervalles (détermine l'état initial du nouveau-né)

{n} Apgar, nom de famille; Viriginia Apgar (1909-1974), médecin anesthésiste des Etats-Unis qui a établi le test du Score Apgar (1952) afin d'évaluer l'état physique des nouveaux-nés

Etymology

[ 'ap-"gär- ] (noun.) 1962. Virginia Apgar died 1974 American anesthesiologist.