cpr

Other forms of cpr

plural

cprs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cpr

What does cpr mean?

cpr means "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".

How many syllables are in cpr?

cpr has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cpr?

Close synonyms include cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiac resuscitation, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, kiss of life. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cpr a common word?

cpr is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.