ALL meanings of artificial respiration
ar·ti·fi·cial res·pi·ra·tion
A a - uncountable noun artificial respiration Artificial respiration is the forcing of air into the lungs of someone who has stopped breathing, usually by blowing through their mouth or nose, in order to keep them alive and to help them to start breathing again. 3
- noun artificial respiration any of various methods of restarting breathing after it has stopped, by manual rhythmic pressure on the chest, mouth-to-mouth breathing, etc 3
- noun artificial respiration any method of maintaining respiration artificially, as by use of an iron lung 3
- noun artificial respiration the maintenance of breathing by artificial means, as by forcing breath into the mouth or by creating and relaxing pressure externally on the chest cavity at regular intervals 3
- noun artificial respiration the stimulation of natural respiratory functions in persons whose breathing has failed or in newborn infants by artificially forcing air into and out of the lungs. 1
- noun artificial respiration emergency medical procedure 1
- noun artificial respiration (medicine) The manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs of a person who is not breathing in order to maintain life. 0