Resuscitation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Resuscitation \Re*sus`ci*ta"tion\, n. [L. resuscitatio.]
     The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.
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           The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  resuscitation
       n : act of reviving a person and returning them to
           consciousness; "although he was apparently drowned,
           resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration"