kiss of life

Noun

Meaning

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation mouth-to-mouth resuscitation cardiac resuscitation rescue resuscitation life support artificial respiration rescue breathing mouth-to-mouth emergency procedure artificial breathing artificial ventilation mouth-to-mouth respiration assisted ventilation

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Hypernyms

resuscitation emergency procedure

Close letter words and terms

kiss my piss kiss of charity kiss of death kiss of peace kiss off kiss one another