Definition of artificial respiration Artificial respiration
ar•ti•fi•cial res•pi•ra•tion
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What does artificial respiration mean?
WordNet
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| artificial respiration - an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially | ||
| emergency procedure (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) | ||
| breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation | ||
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Wiktionary 
- artificial respiration (Noun)
The manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs of a person who is not breathing in order to maintain life.
