resuscitation

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noun

The act of resuscitating.

OriginMiddle English resuscitacion ← Old French ressuscitacion ← Latin resuscitātio →
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Meanings

nounresuscitation (countable and uncountable, plural resuscitations)

plural resuscitations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of resuscitating.
    1 more example

    If the depletion had cured a bad cold, or averted a slight fever, and the patient came down declaring she was well, yet looking very ill, and an officious caller recommended "beef-tea, calves' foot jellies, or a glass of old port," Lady Anne, who well knew the value of such nutriments, seeing she constantly used them, would observe in reply, "at her time of life there is an innate power of resuscitation, which operates better without such stimulants, in my opinion;"...

    1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 230

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
palingenesis

Origin

  1. Latinresuscitātio
  2. Old Frenchressuscitacion
  3. Middle Englishresuscitacion
  4. Englishresuscitation

From Middle English resuscitacion, from Old French ressuscitacion and Latin resuscitātio. Equivalent to resuscitate + -ion.

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Translations

Arabic اِنْعَاش
  • اِنْعَاش (inʕāš)the act of resuscitating
Bulgarian съживяване, идване в съзнание
  • съживяване (săživjavane)the act of resuscitating
  • идване в съзнание (idvane v săznanie)the act of resuscitating
Estonian elustamine, reanimatsioon
  • elustaminethe act of resuscitating
  • reanimatsioonthe act of resuscitating
Finnish elvytys
  • elvytysthe act of resuscitating
French résuscitation
  • résuscitationthe act of resuscitating
German Wiederbelebung
  • Wiederbelebungthe act of resuscitating
Hungarian újraélesztés
  • újraélesztésthe act of resuscitating
Polish resuscytacja, reanimacja
  • resuscytacjathe act of resuscitating
  • reanimacjathe act of resuscitating
Romanian reanimare, resuscitare
  • reanimarethe act of resuscitating
  • resuscitarethe act of resuscitating
  • reînvierethe act of resuscitating
Russian реаними́рование
  • реаними́рование (reanimírovanije)the act of resuscitating
Spanish resucitación, reanimación
  • resucitaciónthe act of resuscitating
  • reanimaciónthe act of resuscitating
Swedish återupplivning
  • återupplivningthe act of resuscitating
Turkish resüsitasyon
  • resüsitasyonthe act of resuscitating
Cite this entry
APA

resuscitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resuscitation

MLA

“resuscitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resuscitation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resuscitation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resuscitation.

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