mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

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mouth-to-mouth resuscitation [′mau̇th tə ′mau̇th ri‚səs·ə′tā·shən]

(medicine)

A method of artificial respiration in which the rescuer's mouth is placed over the victim's mouth and air is blown forcefully into the victim's lungs every few seconds to inflate them.

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