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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
re·sus·ci·tate
[ri-suhs-i-teyt] Pronunciation Key
[ri-suhs-i-teyt] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -tat·ed, -tat·ing.
| to revive, esp. from apparent death or from unconsciousness. |
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| re·sus·ci·tate
(rĭ-sŭs'ĭ-tāt') Pronunciation Key
v. re·sus·ci·tat·ed, re·sus·ci·tat·ing, re·sus·ci·tates v. tr. To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to. See Synonyms at revive. v. intr. To regain consciousness. [Latin resuscitāre, resuscitāt- : re-, re- + suscitāre, to stir up (sus-, sub-, sub- + citāre, to move violently, frequentative of ciēre, to set in motion; see kei-2 in Indo-European roots).] re·sus'ci·ta·ble (-tə-bəl) adj., re·sus'ci·ta'tion n., re·sus'ci·ta'tive adj. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| resuscitation | |
noun | |
| the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; "although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration" |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
resuscitation re·sus·ci·ta·tion (rĭ-sŭs'ĭ-tā'shən)
n.
The act of resuscitating or the state of being resuscitated.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Resuscitation
Re*sus`ci*ta"tion\, n. [L. resuscitatio.] The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated. The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries. --Sir W. Scott.
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