mouth-to-mouthnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌmaʊθ.təˈmaʊθ/us/ˌmaʊθ.təˈmaʊθ/also mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, uk/ˌmaʊθ.tə.maʊθ.rɪˌsʌs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/usthe act of forcing air in and out of the lungs of a person who has stopped breathing by blowing into their mouth and pressing their chest
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Resuscitation
- artificial respiration
- CPR
- Heimlich manoeuvre
- kiss
- resuscitate
- resuscitation
- the kiss of life idiom