RESUSCITATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does resuscitation mean? • RESUSCITATION (noun)
The noun RESUSCITATION has 1 sense:
1. the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness
Familiarity information: RESUSCITATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RESUSCITATION (noun)
Meaning:
The act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration
Hypernyms ("resuscitation" is a kind of...):
resurgence; revitalisation; revitalization; revival; revivification (bringing again into activity and prominence)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resuscitation"):
cardiac resuscitation; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; CPR; kiss of life; mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen)
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