Resuscitation
noun ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of resuscitating. countable, uncountable
"If the depletion had cured a bad cold, or averted a slight fever, and the patient came down declaring she was well, yet looking very ill, and an officious caller recommended "beef-tea, calves' foot jellies, or a glass of old port," Lady Anne, who well knew the value of such nutriments, seeing she constantly used them, would observe in reply, "at her time of life there is an innate power of resuscitation, which operates better without such stimulants, in my opinion;"..."
- 2 the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness wordnet
Example
More examples"She gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation."
Etymology
From Middle English resuscitacion, from Old French ressuscitacion and Latin resuscitātio. Equivalent to resuscitate + -ion.
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