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Meaning of RESUSCITATION

Pronunciation:  rus`usut'eyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; "although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration"
 
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 See Also: cardiac resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, kiss of life, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re*sus`ci*ta"tion\, n. [L. resuscitatio.]
The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.
      The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries. --Sir W.
                                               Scott.
 
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Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: Revival of breathing or heartbeat after cessation or apparent death.
 
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