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Noun: resuscitation  ri,sú-si'tey-shun
  1. The act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness
    "although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration"

Derived forms: resuscitations

Type of: resurgence, revitalisation [Brit], revitalization, revival, revivification

Encyclopedia: Resuscitation