artificial respiration
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1. an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | emergency procedure, |
| definition | : | (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) (noun.act) |
| hypernym | : | breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation, |
| definition | : | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation (noun.act) |
| part meronym | : | cardiac resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cpr, kiss of life, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
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