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The manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs of a person who is not breathing in order to maintain life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emergency procedure, breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَنَفُّس اِصْطِنَاعِيّ
(tanaffus iṣṭināʕiyy)
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Azerbaijani:
süni tənəffüs
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Catalan:
respiració artificial
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Chinese Mandarin:
人工呼吸
(réngōng hūxī)
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Chinese Mandarin:
人工通氣 /人工通气
(réngōng tōngqì)
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Czech:
umělé dýchání
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Estonian:
kunstlik hingamine
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Finnish:
tekohengitys
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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French:
respiration artificielle
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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German:
künstliche Beatmung
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Irish:
athmhúscailt anála
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Irish:
análú tarrthála
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Irish:
riospráid shaorga
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Japanese:
人工呼吸
(jinkō kokyū)
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Manx:
aaghoostey ennal
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Polish:
sztuczne oddychanie
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Portuguese:
respiração artificial
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Romanian:
respirație artificială
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Russian:
иску́сственное дыха́ние
(iskússtvennoje dyxánije)
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Slovak:
umelé dýchanie
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Turkish:
suni teneffüs
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Turkish:
yapay solunum
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
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Yakut:
тыын киллэрии
(tïïn killerii)
— manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs
