Apgar

n. 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})

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

The Apgar score was devised in 1952 by Virginia Apgar as a simple and repeatable method to quickly and summarily assess the health of newborn children immediately after childbirth. Virginia Apgar was an anesthesiologist who developed the score to ascertain the effects of anaesthetic agents on neonates.
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Ap·gar score n. A system of evaluating a newborn's physical condition by assigning a value to each of five criteria: heart rate, respiratory effort, [more]Apgar - Community and Resources

n. 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

Short for Apgar score.

noun
method of judging the condition of a newborn baby