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resuscitation
Variant of resuscitate
transitive verb resuscitated, resuscitating
to revive or revitalize; bring back to life; esp., to revive (someone in a faint, apparently dead, etc.), as by artificial respiration
intransitive verb
to revive, esp. to come back to life or consciousness again
Related Forms:
- resuscitation noun
- resuscitative adjective
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