CPRnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌsiː.piːˈɑːr/us/ˌsiː.piːˈɑːr/abbreviation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a method used to keep someone alive in a medical emergency, in which you blow into the person's mouth then press on their chest and then repeat the process:
to administer/perform CPR
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Resuscitation
- artificial respiration
- Heimlich manoeuvre
- kiss
- mouth-to-mouth
- resuscitate
- resuscitation
- the kiss of life idiom