mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

/ˈmɑʊθ tə ˈmaʊθ riˌsʌs·ɪˈteɪ·ʃən/ n [U] (short form mouth-to-mouth)

Definition

› a way to help get air into the lungs of a person who is not breathing by blowing into the person's mouth

(Definition of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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