kiss of life

kiss of life

n.

Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

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kiss of life

n

1. (Medicine) mouth-to mouth or mouth-to-nose resuscitation in which a person blows gently into the mouth or nose of an unconscious person, allowing the lungs to deflate after each blow

2. something that revitalizes or reinvigorates

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

kiss of life - an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen cardiac resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation emergency procedure - (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) cardiac massage, heart massage - an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest artificial respiration - an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially resuscitation - the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; "although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration"

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Translations

kunstigt åndedrætmund-til-mund

Mund-zu-Mund-Beatmung

bouche-à-bouche

szájonlélegeztetés

munn viî munn, blástursaîferî

munn-mot-munn-metoden

dýchanie z úst do úst

hayat öpücüğü

口对口的人工呼吸法

kiss of life

n (esp Brit) to give the kiss of life → fare la respirazione bocca a bocca

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kiss

(kis) verb

to touch with the lips as a sign of affection. She kissed him when he arrived home; The child kissed his parents goodnight; The film ended with a shot of the lovers kissing. soen يُقَبِّل целувам beijar políbit, líbat küssen kysse φιλώbesar suudlema بوسیدن suudella embrasser לְנַשֵק चूमना, सहलाना poljubiti csókol(ódzik) mencium kyssa baciare キスする 입맞추다 bučiuoti(s) skūpstīt; skūpstīties ciuman kussen, zoenenkyssecałować ښكلول،مچول beijar a săruta целовать pobozkať poljubiti poljubiti kyssa จูบ öpmek, öpüşmek 親吻 цілувати(ся); чоломкатися بوسہ دینا hôn 吻

noun

an act of kissing. He gave her a kiss. kus تَقْبيل целувка beijo polibek der Kuß kys φιλίbeso suudlus بوسه suudelma baiserנשיקה चुम्बन ljubljenje csók ciuman koss bacio キス 입맞춤 bučinys skūpsts ciuman kuskysspocałunek ښكل،مچ beijo sărut поцелуй bozk poljub poljubac kyss การจูบ öpme 吻 поцілунок; чоломкання بوسہ دینے کا عمل nụ hôn 吻

kiss of life

a mouth-to-mouth method of restoring breathing. mond-tot-mond-asemhaling قُبْلَة الحَياه: إحياء عَن طَريق تَنَفُّس من الفَم إلى الفَم изкуствено дишане beijo da vida dýchání z úst do úst die Mund-zu-Mund-Beatmung kunstigt åndedræt; mund-til-mund το φιλί της ζωής respiración boca a boca suust suhu hingamine تنفس مصنوعی tekohengitys bouche-à-bouche הַנשָמָה מְלָאכוּתִית मूंह से सांस दे कर जिंदा करने का तरीका poljubac života szájonlélegeztetés sistem pernapasan buatan munn við munn, blástursaðferð respirazione bocca a bocca 人工呼吸の一種 인공호흡 dirbtinis kvėpavimas per burną elpināšana (no mutes mutē) pemulihan nafas mulut ke mulut mond-op-mondbeademing munn-mot-munn-metoden sztuczne oddychanie metodą usta-usta غير طبعيى تنفس beijo da vida respiraţie gură la gură искусственное дыхание dýchanie z úst do úst umetno dihanje (usta na usta) usta na usta mun-mot-mun-metoden ผายปอด hayat öpücüğü 口對口人工呼吸 штучне дихання منہ پر منہ رکھ کر سانس کے ذریعہ تنفس بحال کرنا hô hấp nhân tạo 口对口的人工呼吸法

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