ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("artificial respiration" is a kind of...):

emergency procedure ((medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency))

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

Holonyms ("artificial respiration" is a part of...):

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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