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Apgar score
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Ap·gar score (pgär)
n.
A system of evaluating a newborn's physical condition by assigning a value (0, 1, or 2) to each of five criteria: heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, response to stimuli, and skin color.

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Berg, the Western State Conference champion, passed a big test Friday with a nine-second victory over Sarah Apgar of Southwestern.
Apgar added, "By relentlessly decreasing operating costs per square foot--the agreed upon 'best practice' in corporate real estate--regardless of how the business might change in the future, real estate executives run the risk of under managing one of the largest variables on the corporate books.
A total of 321 children born to these women met the following inclusion criteria: child born with at least 36 weeks of gestational age, 5-min Apgar score [greater than or equal to] 6, birth weight > 2,000 g, without major or minor congenital anomalies or being the product of multiple birth.
 
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