artificial respiration
noun
Simple meaning
The manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs of someone who is not breathing to maintain life.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɑɹtəˈfɪʃəlɹɛspɚˈeɪʃən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
medicine
The manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs of a person who is not breathing in order to maintain life.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: The manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs of a person who is not breathing in order to maintain life.
Used this way, artificial respiration is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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