APGAR

Etymology

From Apgar score

Noun

APGAR

(emergency medicine) A.P.G.A.R.

A: appearance

P: pulse

G: grimace

A: activity

R: respiration

The APGAR initialism is used to remember how to give a newborn an Apgar score

Anagrams

• Parga

Proper noun

Apgar

A Dutch or North-German surname

Anagrams

• Parga

Source: Wiktionary



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