Resuscitation Meaning
/rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of resuscitating.
Sentence Examples
She gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
He gave her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Bystanders should be trained in safe rescue and resuscitation.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The paramedic's quick ____ saved the drowning victim who was not breathing.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The nurse performed cardiopulmonary ____ on the patient until the defibrillator arrived.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English resuscitacion, from Old French ressuscitacion and Latin resuscitātio. Equivalent to resuscitate + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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;"..."
— 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 230:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The paramedic's quick ____ saved the drowning victim who was not breathing.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The nurse performed cardiopulmonary ____ on the patient until the defibrillator arrived.