Resuscitation

[rɪ,sʌsɪ'teɪʃən] or [rɪ,sʌsə'teʃən]

Definition

(noun.) the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; 'although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration'.

Editor: Sweeney--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.

Typed by Corinne

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Revivification, reanimation, quickening, revival.

Typist: Oliver