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CPR
(siː piː ɑːʳ)
uncountable noun
CPR is a medical technique for reviving someone whose heart has stopped beating by pressing on their chest and breathing into their mouth. CPR is an abbreviation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
[medicine] McMullen performed CPR while other bystanders called 911.
CPR in British English
abbreviation for
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
cardiopulmonary resuscitation in British English
noun
an emergency measure to revive a patient whose heart has stopped beating, in which compressions applied with the hands to the patient's chest are alternated with mouth-to-mouth respiration
Abbreviation: CPR CPR in American English
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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