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mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
noun
Definition of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
: a method of helping a person who is not breathing to start breathing again by blowing air into the person's mouth and lungs
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mouth-to-mouth
: 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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