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artificial respirations

artificial respirations is the plural of artificial respiration.

Meaning of artificial respiration

Noun

artificial respiration (countable and uncountable, plural artificial respirations)

  1. The manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs of a person who is not breathing in order to maintain life.
    • With a stride, the doctor reached the bed, and seizing her arms worked them energetically, applying what I knew to be artificial respiration. He issued a few short sharp orders to the servants.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 29

Questions about artificial respirations

What is artificial respirations the plural of?
Artificial respirations is the plural of artificial respiration.

Words near artificial respirations in the dictionary

  1. artificial languages
  2. artificial life
  3. artificial person
  4. artificial persons
  5. artificial respiration
  6. artificial respirations
  7. artificial rice
  8. artificial satellite
  9. artificial satellites
  10. artificial scarcity
  11. artificial script

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