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Resuscitator

Definition: Resuscitator

Resuscitator

Noun

1. A breathing apparatus used for resuscitation by forcing oxygen into the lungs of a person who has undergone asphyxia or arrest of respiration.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Resuscitator \Re*sus"ci*ta`tor\, noun. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: Resuscitator

DomainDefinitions

Medicine

An artificial device for the oxygenation of blood during cardiopulmonary by-pass. Source: European Union. (references)
 A pumping device for supplying oxygen or a mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide to a person who cannot breath by himself. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Resuscitator

Synonyms by domain: artificial respiration apparatus (medicine), pneumo-oxygenator, resuscitation apparatus, reviving apparatus.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Resuscitator

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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Modern Translations: Resuscitator

Language Translations for "resuscitator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

кислороден апарат. (various references)

   

Danish

  

iltapparat (pneumo-oxygenator), genoplivelsesapparat (artificial respiration apparatus, resuscitation apparatus, reviving apparatus), apparat til kunstigt aandedraet (appliance for artificial respiration, artificial respiration apparatus, artificial respirator, respirator, resuscitation apparatus, reviving apparatus). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zuurstoftoestel (pneumo-oxygenator), zuurstofapparaat (pneumo-oxygenator), toestel voor kunstmatige ademhaling (appliance for artificial respiration, artificial respiration apparatus, artificial respirator, respirator, resuscitation apparatus, reviving apparatus). (various references)

   

French

  

respirateur à oxygène, appareil de réanimation (artificial respiration apparatus, resuscitation apparatus, reviving apparatus). (various references)

   

German

  

Wiederbelebungsvorrichtung (artificial respiration apparatus, resuscitation apparatus, reviving apparatus), Wiederbelebungsgeraet (artificial respiration apparatus, resuscitation apparatus, reviving apparatus), Sauerstoffgerät (breathing apparatus), Sauerstoffapparat (breathing apparatus, oxygen apparatus). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συσκευή τεχνητής αναπνοής (appliance for artificial respiration, artificial respiration apparatus, artificial respirator, respirator, resuscitation apparatus, reviving apparatus), αναβιωτήσ (reviver). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ossigenatore (oxygenator, pneumo-oxygenator), apparecchio per ossigeno (pneumo-oxygenator), apparecchio di rianimazione (artificial respiration apparatus, resuscitation apparatus, reviving apparatus). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

esuscitatorray

   

Portuguese

  

aparelho de reanimação (artificial respiration apparatus, oxygen resuscitation apparatus, oxygen therapy apparatus, resuscitation apparatus, reviving apparatus). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

aparato de reanimacion (artificial respiration apparatus, resuscitation apparatus, reviving apparatus). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Resuscitator

Derivations

Words beginning with "resuscitator": resuscitators. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Resuscitator"

Words rhyming with "resuscitator" (pronounced 'Re*sus"ci*ta`tor'): Abbreviator, Abdicator, Abnegator, Abrogator, Accelerator, Accommodator, Accumulator, Actuator, Adjudicator, Adjutator, Adulator, Adulterator, Aggregator, Agitator, Agricultor, Alleviator, Alliterator, Alternator, Amalgamator, Ambulator, Ameliorator, Animator, Annihilator, Annotator, Annunciator, Anticipator, Appreciator, Approbator, Appropriator, Approximator, Arbitrator, Arborator, Architector, Articulator, Aspirator, Assassinator, Associator, Auscultator, Calorisator, Capitulator, Caveator, Celebrator, Circulator, Circumnavigator, Coagulator, Collaborator, Collimator, Collocutor, Commemorator, Commentator. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Resuscitator

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-o-r-r-s-s-t-t-u"

-1 letter: rusticators.

-2 letters: carrotiest, rusticates, rusticator, strictures, traitoress, trisectors.

-3 letters: carousers, courtiers, crustiest, oratrices, ostracise, outcastes, outraises, outstares, restricts, retroacts, rusticate, sartorius, sautoires, scarriest, starriest, stricture, suricates, tessitura, toreutics, traitress, trisector, urticates.

-4 letters: arousers, artistes, artsiest, assertor, assorter, astricts, carouser, carouses, citators, citrates, citreous, citruses, coarsest, coasters, coituses, corsairs, cottiers, couriers, coursers, courters, courtier, creators.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-o-r-r-s-s-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: resuscitators.

 

+5 letters: countersignatures, counterstrategies, counterstrategist, neuropsychiatrist, ultraconservatism.

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Alternative Orthography: Resuscitator


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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