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Definition of Apache

1. Noun. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma.

Definition of Apache

1. Proper noun. The languages of any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache. ¹

2. Proper noun. The town of Apache, Oklahoma (zipcode 73006) ¹

3. Noun. Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache. ¹

4. Noun. A person belonging to an Apache people. ¹

5. Noun. A Parisian gangster. ¹

6. Noun. AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter. ¹

7. Noun. (alternative capitalization of Apache), a Parisian gangster. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apache

1. a Parisian gangster [n -S]

Medical Definition of Apache

1. An acronym for acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, a scoring system using routinely collected data and providing an accurate, objective description for a broad range of intensive care unit admissions, measuring severity of illness in critically ill patients. This classification system is composed of two parts: a physiology score representing the degree of acute illness and a preadmission health evaluation indicating health status before acute illness. Development of apache began in 1978 under a 3-year research grant from the u.s. Health care financing administration. Revision and streamlining resulted in apache II. Its 12 routinely measured physiological variables were later amplified to become apache III. (12 Dec 1998)

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