“to mouth”

The following 3 entries include the term to mouth.

hand-to-mouth

adjective

: having or providing nothing to spare beyond basic necessities

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

mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

noun

: 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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