mouth-to-mouth resuscitation - definition, thesaurus and related words from WordNet-Online

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Noun mouth-to-mouth resuscitation has 1 sense

cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, cardiac resuscitation, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, kiss of life - an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen
--₁ is a kind of resuscitation; emergency procedure
--₁ has parts: cardiac massage, heart massage; artificial respiration