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cardiopulmonary resuscitation

n :  a procedure designed to restore normal breathing after cardiac arrest that includes the clearance of air passages to the lungs, the mouth-to-mouth method of artificial respiration, and heart massage by the exertion of pressure on the chest - abbr. CPR .
 
 

 
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