artificial respiration

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   an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially

   Broaderemergency procedurebreathing

   Part ofcardiopulmonary resuscitation

Questions about artificial respiration

What does artificial respiration mean?

artificial respiration means "an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially".

Is artificial respiration a common word?

artificial respiration is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.