Definition of resuscitation in US English:
resuscitation
nounrəˌsəsəˈtāSH(ə)nrəˌsəsəˈteɪʃ(ə)n
1The action or process of reviving someone from unconsciousness or apparent death.
paramedics were called and aggressive resuscitation was performed
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
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- They said the injury to the frenulum was unlikely to have been from resuscitation.
- He witnesses Peter's amazing resuscitation of his son, a boy who had been in the grave for 14 years.
- She dismissed the possibility that the spinal bleeding could have been associated with resuscitation.
- He took Harry from her and started resuscitation on the floor.
- The male rate for completed suicide has always been higher, even when we lacked the technology for quick, easy resuscitation.
- He could not exclude the possibility that the dislocation had occurred in resuscitation.
- The legend tells that Paul arranged to have him released from prison in return for his attempting a miraculous resuscitation.
- There are a string of clues as to how he knows that the body lying in front of them is lifeless, beyond resuscitation.
- He says that he, together with the lance corporal and the fusilier, attempted resuscitation before the arrival of the ambulance.
- The particular concern was about his understanding and management of general and neonatal resuscitation.
- 1.1 The action of making something active or vigorous again.
resuscitation of bygone artistic styles
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- It seems to have been Churchill's debilitating stroke in the summer of 1953 that led to the resuscitation of the project.
- It's a well-written account of his 10-year resuscitation of the world's largest computer company.
- The actual triumph of the programme was the resuscitation from the dead of Dante Sonata.
- The resuscitation of their sales doesn't depend on the launch of the order management system.
- The resuscitation of the religious view of nature requires a very radical change.
- Language clarifies the internal borders and supports the possibility for a resuscitation of the geographically uncompromised nation.
- My interest here is not in the recuperation or resuscitation of my professional specialization.
- He must now conduct the resuscitation of his party while sitting in the hot seat.
- The receiver had the additional charge for floating new security issues to support corporate resuscitation.
- It must have been a tricky task to decide which opera, from this cornucopia, to select for resuscitation.