Definition of "resuscitation" noun countable and uncountable , plural resuscitations
The act of resuscitating . quotations examples
Quotations If the depletion had cured a bad cold , or averted a slight fever , and the patient came down declaring she was well , yet looking very ill , and an officious caller recommended "beef -tea , calves ' foot jellies , or a glass of old port ," Lady Anne , who well knew the value of such nutriments , seeing she constantly used them , would observe in reply , "at her time of life there is an innate power of resuscitation which operates better without such stimulants , in my opinion ;"...
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 230