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Resuscitation

The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.

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Resurgence 76% connected

The act of rising again; resurrection.

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Revival 76% connected

The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

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Revivification 76% connected

Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being recalled, to life.

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Ambulance noun · 78% connection

a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals

Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Emergency medicine.
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Anaphylaxis noun · 78% connection

hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substan…

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Asystole noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Bleeding noun · 78% connection

the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

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Cannulation noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Cannulisation noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Cannulization noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Canulation noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Canulisation noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Canulization noun · 78% connection

the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ

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Cardiac arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Cardiac resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Cardiopulmonary arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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CPR noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Defibrillation noun · 78% connection

treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)

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Haemorrhage noun · 78% connection

the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

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Hemorrhage noun · 78% connection

the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

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Irresuscitable adjective · 78% connection

Incapable of being resuscitated or revived.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resuscitating, resuscitated.
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Resuscitated imp. & p. p. · 72% connection

of Resuscitate

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Resuscitating p. pr. & vb. n. · 72% connection

of Resuscitate

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