resuscitation
/rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃən/
noun
- The act of bringing someone back to consciousness or life, especially by medical procedures like CPR.
- The hospital's emergency team rushed to the scene for resuscitation.
- The lifeguard performed resuscitation on the swimmer who had stopped breathing.
- Every nurse is trained in basic resuscitation techniques.
- A figurative revival or restoration of something that was inactive or declining.
- Her speech caused a resuscitation of interest in the old tradition.
- The economic plan aimed at the resuscitation of the local manufacturing sector.
- The new funding led to the resuscitation of the struggling theater company.
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