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  • proper noun A Dutch or North-German surname

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Examples

  • Embarking on my dream - me and Derek outside the West entrance to the park; we stayed in Apgar Village that evening.

    On Top of the World Jessica 2009

  • Embarking on my dream - me and Derek outside the West entrance to the park; we stayed in Apgar Village that evening.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Jessica 2009

  • This procedure is called the Apgar score after Virginia Apgar, the anesthesiologist who first suggested compiling a score to assess a newborn’s overall condition.

    The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010

  • This evaluation, called the Apgar score, is based on five signs: heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflexes, and color.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • This evaluation, called the Apgar score, is based on five signs: heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflexes, and color.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • Within one minute after the birth and again at five minutes, your caregiver evaluates your baby’s well-being by conducting a routine newborn assessment called the Apgar score.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

  • Within one minute after the birth and again at five minutes, your caregiver evaluates your baby’s well-being by conducting a routine newborn assessment called the Apgar score.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

  • The two of them went into Antonio's and, when asked what name the order was under, said, "I don't know if it's under 'Apgar' or 'Kevin'."

    kapgar 2009

  • The two of them went into Antonio's and, when asked what name the order was under, said, "I don't know if it's under 'Apgar' or 'Kevin'."

    kapgar 2009

  • Of households with heads aged 62 through 69 and with mortgages, the median amount of mortgage debt hit $71,000 in 2007, five times the 1987 inflation-adjusted median, according to a study by William Apgar, then at Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies.

    Debt Hobbles Older Americans E.S. Browning 2011

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