heart massage

noun

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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cardiac massage
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Meanings

nounheart massage (plural heart massages)

plural heart massages

  1. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

    Eyewitnesses reported seeing police give emergency heart massage to at least one of the injured.

    2017 June 18, Gregory Katz, “1 Dead, 10 Hurt in Crash near Mosque Suspected as Terrorism”, in The Associated Press, The Associated Press, retrieved 19 Jun 2017

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest

Similar
cardiac massage
Broader
emergency proceduremassage
Also see
cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

heart massage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20massage

MLA

“heart massage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20massage. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heart massage,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20massage.

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