alert and oriented x1

English

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Adjective

alert and oriented x1

  1. (medicine) The first notation in the Alert & Oriented (A&O) assessment to determine a person's level of consciousness; used to designate that a person knows who they are but not where they are, what time it is, or what is happening to them.
    Hypernym: alert and oriented
    Coordinate terms: alert and oriented x2, alert and oriented x3, alert and oriented x4

Usage notes

The x in this phrase is pronounced "times".

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