resuscitation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness
    • although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration

WordNet

Re*sus`ci*ta"tion noun
Etymology
L. resuscitatio.
Definitions
  1. The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.
    The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries. Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913