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resuscitative

resuscitative adjective: such as to revive or resuscitate a person or thing.

Adjective

resuscitative (comparative more resuscitative, superlative most resuscitative)

  1. Such as to revive or resuscitate a person or thing.
    • In minor burns involving less than 20% of the body surface, little resuscitative effort is required, and replacement fluids can usually be given orally.1981, Mary M. Wagner, Care of the Burned Injured Patient, page 29
    • The film is a parable of magical entertainment's resuscitative power in a time of depression.1994, Laurence Goldstein, The American Poet at the Movies: A Critical History, page 95

Forms of resuscitative

comparativemore resuscitative
superlativemost resuscitative

Words formed from resuscitative

Questions about resuscitative

What does resuscitative mean?
Resuscitative means such as to revive or resuscitate a person or thing.
What part of speech is resuscitative?
Resuscitative is an adjective.

Words near resuscitative in the dictionary

  1. resuscitated
  2. resuscitates
  3. resuscitating
  4. resuscitation
  5. resuscitations
  6. resuscitative
  7. resuscitator
  8. resuscitators
  9. resuses
  10. resuspend
  11. resuspendable

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