resuscitator
English edit
Etymology edit
resuscitate + -or
Noun edit
resuscitator (plural resuscitators)
- A person or thing that resuscitates.
- (medicine) A device, usually consisting of a face mask and tank, used to restore normal breathing to a person by forcing oxygen or an oxygen-rich mixture of gases into his or her lungs.
References edit
- “resuscitator”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "resuscitator" in On-line Medical Dictionary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997–2005.
Latin edit
Verb edit
resuscitātor
References edit
- “resuscitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press