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mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mouth-tuh-mouth]
    • /ˈmaʊθ təˈmaʊθ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mouth-tuh-mouth]
    • /ˈmaʊθ təˈmaʊθ/

Definitions of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation words

  • noun mouth-to-mouth resuscitation a method of artificial respiration in which a person rhythmically blows air into the victim's lungs, either directly, by placing the mouth over the patient's, or through a tube. 1
  • noun mouth-to-mouth resuscitation artificial respiration 1
  • uncountable noun mouth-to-mouth resuscitation If you give someone who has stopped breathing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, you breathe into their mouth to make them start breathing again. 0
See all 3 definitions of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

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Origin of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

First appearance:

before 1960
One of the 3% newest English words
First recorded in 1960-65

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Parts of speech for Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

mouth-to-mouth resuscitation popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

noun mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

  • artificial respiration — Artificial respiration is the forcing of air into the lungs of someone who has stopped breathing, usually by blowing through their mouth or nose, in order to keep them alive and to help them to start breathing again.
  • kiss of life — medicine
All 2 Synonyms of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

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