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👮 To arrest again 👮 Second arrest ❤️‍🩹 To stop again ❤️‍🩹 Second heart stop
to rearrest

to rearrest

8.6
To have the heart stop again after being brought back to life
  • verb
  • /ˌriːəˈrɛst/
  • Specialized
: volver a sufrir un paro cardíaco
  • If a patient rearrests, immediate CPR and advanced care are essential for survival.

Examples

  • Doctors fear that he may rearrest during surgery.

  • Doctors acted quickly when the child rearrested during the night after initial resuscitation.

  • The patient began breathing again but unfortunately rearrested before reaching the hospital.

  • She was rearrested after her heart stopped again.

  • After being successfully resuscitated, the patient unexpectedly experienced a rearrest during recovery.

  • Doctors were alarmed when the man suffered a rearrest just minutes after being revived from his first cardiac arrest.

  • The medical team quickly responded when they noticed signs of rearrest in the patient after initial treatment.

Antonyms

to recover
865 2.5

Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money

Surface Forms

rearrest infinitive
rearrested past
rearrested past participle
rearresting present participle
rearrests third person singular

Morphology

rearrest = arrest (semi-transparent) = re + arrest

Formally re- + arrest is clear, but this sense relies on the specialized medical verb meaning of 'arrest' (the heart stopping), which may not be known to all learners.

Etymology

Rearrest comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and arrest meaning 'stop'. So to rearrest (in medicine) is for the heart or breathing to 'stop again' after being brought back to life.