resuscitation
pronunciation
How to pronounce resuscitation in British English:
UK [rɪˌsʌsɪ'teɪʃn]
How to pronounce resuscitation in American English:
US [rɪˌsʌsɪ'teɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness
Word Origin
- resuscitation (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French resuscitation or directly from Late Latin resuscitationem (nominative resuscitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of resuscitare (see resuscitate).
Example
- 1. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for a cat
- 2. Despite the market 's recent resuscitation , many stocks are still trading at fire-sale prices-no surprise given the immense decline that preceded the advance .
- 3. Bedford , who died on jan. 12 , 1967 at the age of 73 , was the first person to be cryonically preserved with the intent of future resuscitation .
- 4. Much of the resuscitation from the near-death experience felt by financial stocks came from cheap money , chiefly low short-term interest rates as part of the government 's support of the credit markets .
- 5. Paramedics performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation , and then rushed the singer to the university of california , los angeles medical centre .