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resuscitation

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of resuscitating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: revival, resurgence, revitalization, revitalisation, revivification

Narrower terms: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, cardiac resuscitation, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, kiss of life

History

Etymology

From Middle English resuscitacion, from Old French ressuscitacion and Latin resuscitātio. Equivalent to resuscitate + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِنْعَاش (inʕāš) — the act of resuscitating
  • Bulgarian: съживяване (sǎživjavane) — the act of resuscitating
  • Bulgarian: идване в съзнание (idvane v sǎznanie) — the act of resuscitating
  • Estonian: elustamine — the act of resuscitating
  • Estonian: reanimatsioon — the act of resuscitating
  • Finnish: elvytys — the act of resuscitating
  • French: résuscitation — the act of resuscitating
  • German: Wiederbelebung — the act of resuscitating
  • Hungarian: újraélesztés — the act of resuscitating
  • Polish: resuscytacja — the act of resuscitating
  • Polish: reanimacja — the act of resuscitating
  • Romanian: reanimare — the act of resuscitating
  • Romanian: resuscitare — the act of resuscitating
  • Romanian: reînviere — the act of resuscitating
  • Russian: реаними́рование (reanimírovanije) — the act of resuscitating
  • Spanish: resucitación — the act of resuscitating
  • Spanish: reanimación — the act of resuscitating
  • Swedish: återupplivning — the act of resuscitating