mouth-to-mouth
adjective
: of, relating to, or being a method of artificial respiration in which the rescuer's mouth is placed tightly over the victim's mouth in order to force air into the victim's lungs by blowing forcefully enough every few seconds to inflate them
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Back in the diving bell, Lemons was given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, with the crew fearing for the worst.
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Keith Langston, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Dex gives him mouth-to-mouth to revive him and then … leaves him on the cargo ship.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
In fact, this could be the NBA’s equivalent of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Perform chest compressions or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to maintain blood flow and breathing until medical attention arrives.2
Injury to the larynx may occur as a result of asphyxiation.
—Korin Miller, Health, 10 May 2024
Unlike similar efforts in the past, the training wasn’t centered around chest compressions or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation but on how to save someone from an opioid overdose.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
No one knows for sure when humans first figured out that mouth-to-mouth contact could be used for romance and erotic pleasure, but scientists reported in May 2023 that people were locking lips at least 4,500 years ago.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
One night over dinner in 2022, the couple discussed — as scientists in love do — a new genetic study that linked modern herpes variants to mouth-to-mouth kissing in the Bronze Age, roughly 3300 B.C. to 1200 B.C.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Multiple team members took turns providing CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation before EMS and fire department personnel arrived.
—Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 2 Feb. 2024
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Keith Langston, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Dex gives him mouth-to-mouth to revive him and then … leaves him on the cargo ship.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
In fact, this could be the NBA’s equivalent of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Perform chest compressions or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to maintain blood flow and breathing until medical attention arrives.2
Injury to the larynx may occur as a result of asphyxiation.
—Korin Miller, Health, 10 May 2024
Unlike similar efforts in the past, the training wasn’t centered around chest compressions or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation but on how to save someone from an opioid overdose.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
No one knows for sure when humans first figured out that mouth-to-mouth contact could be used for romance and erotic pleasure, but scientists reported in May 2023 that people were locking lips at least 4,500 years ago.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
One night over dinner in 2022, the couple discussed — as scientists in love do — a new genetic study that linked modern herpes variants to mouth-to-mouth kissing in the Bronze Age, roughly 3300 B.C. to 1200 B.C.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Multiple team members took turns providing CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation before EMS and fire department personnel arrived.
—Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Mouth-to-mouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mouth-to-mouth. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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