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artificial respiration

1. any of various methods of restarting breathing after it has stopped, by manual rhythmic pressure on the chest, mouth-to-mouth breathing, etc.
2. any method of maintaining respiration artificially, as by use of an iron lung
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artificial respiration

[¦ärd·ə¦fish·əl ‚res·pə′rā·shən]
(medicine)
The maintenance of breathing by artificial ventilation, in the absence of normal spontaneous respiration; effective methods include mouth-to-mouth breathing and the use of a respirator.
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