RESUSCITATION

resuscitation

(noun) the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; “although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

resuscitation (countable and uncountable, plural resuscitations)

The act of resuscitating.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*sus`ci*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. resuscitatio.]

Definition: The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated. The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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