artificial respiration

American  

noun

1. the stimulation of natural respiratory functions in persons whose breathing has failed or in newborn infants by artificially forcing air into and out of the lungs.

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artificial respiration British  

noun

1. any of various methods of restarting breathing after it has stopped, by manual rhythmic pressure on the chest, mouth-to-mouth breathing, etc

2. any method of maintaining respiration artificially, as by use of an iron lung

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Etymology

Origin of artificial respiration

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Dr Abu Saada said the babies needed intensive care, life support equipment and artificial respiration.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2023

By the mid-1950s, however, artificial respiration was possible through the use of machines that filled the lungs with air, oxygenating the blood and thereby keeping the brain and heart working on.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2021

Soon, the five — who were between a day and a month old — were taken to the intensive-care unit, where the three gravest cases were put on artificial respiration machines.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2020

He removed a blood clot from the wound and, straddling the president’s body, began to administer a crude form of artificial respiration, which he said revived Lincoln.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2015

Thereafter we worked together, in silence, moving the arms up and down and striving for artificial respiration.

From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Litsey, Edwin Carlile