Heart massage

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

    "Eyewitnesses reported seeing police give emergency heart massage to at least one of the injured."

  2. 2
    an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
cardiac massage

Example

More examples

"Eyewitnesses reported seeing police give emergency heart massage to at least one of the injured."

Next best steps

Browse writing guidesExplore topic clusters