- mouth-to-mouthresuscitation
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mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (mouthʹtə-mouthʹ)
n.
A technique used to resuscitate a person who has stopped breathing, in which the rescuer presses his or her mouth against the mouth of the victim and, allowing for passive exhalation, forces air into the lungs at intervals of several seconds.
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Universalium. 2010.