artificial respiration
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3.7
- noun
- /ˌɑːrtɪˈfɪʃəl ˌrɛspəˈreɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
respiración artificial
- "I started artificial respiration and was shouting for people to come."
- start artificial respiration
- give artificial respiration
Examples
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The guard who brought up the body applied artificial respiration, but without result.
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He called 911, and while waiting for the ambulance, gave his wife his best shot at artificial respiration.
Fiction book (1998) -
If she is not breathing, start artificial respiration immediately and call for help.
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The lifeguard performed artificial respiration on the swimmer who had collapsed in the water.
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In the event of respiratory failure, providing artificial respiration can be lifesaving.
Antonyms
How Life-Supporting
- Specialized
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3.4
- Specialized
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4.6
- Specialized
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3.7
- Specialized
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4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'artificial' (man-made, not natural) + 'respiration' (breathing), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to breathing maintained by non-natural means. This composition follows regular English adjective + noun semantics and has clear parallels in many languages, making it readily comprehensible to B1 learners familiar with the constituents.
Etymology
The term artificial respiration is made of the word artificial, meaning 'made by people', and respiration, meaning 'breathing'. It creates a clear image of someone giving mouth-to-mouth or using a device to move air into a person's lungs, so it means 'a way to make someone breathe' in an emergency.