resuscitator

UK: /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtəʳ/ US: (ri sus′i tā′tər)

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re•sus•ci•ta•tor  (ri sus′i tā′tər), n. 

1. a person or thing that resuscitates.
2. Medicine a device used in the treatment of asphyxiation that, by forcing oxygen or a mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide into the lungs, initiates respiration.

• resuscitate + -or² 1840–50

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resuscitator / rɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪtə/ noun

1. an apparatus for forcing oxygen or a mixture containing oxygen into the lungs
2. a person who resuscitates

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re•sus•ci•tate /rɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/   v. [~ + object] , -tat•ed, -tat•ing. 

1. Medicine to revive from unconsciousness:
   The paramedics rushed to resuscitate the drowning victim.

re•sus•ci•ta•tion /rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃən/  n. [uncountable]
re•sus•ci•ta•tor, n. [countable]

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re•sus•ci•tate  (ri sus′i tāt′), v.t., -tat•ed, -tat•ing. 

1. Medicine to revive, esp. from apparent death or from unconsciousness.

• Latin resuscitātus (past participle of resuscitāre to reawaken), equivalent. to re- re- + sus- sus- + cit(āre) to move, arouse (see cite¹) + -ātus ate¹
• 1525–35;

re•sus•ci•ta•ble  (ri sus′i tə bəl), adj.  re•sus′ci•ta′tion, n. 
re•sus′ci•ta′tive, adj.