mouth-to-mouth

Related to mouth-to-mouth: Mouth to mouth resuscitation

mouth-to-mouth

adj

(Medicine) designating a method of artificial respiration involving blowing air rhythmically into the mouth of a person who has stopped breathing, to stimulate return of spontaneous breathing

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Translations

mouth-to-mouth

[ˈmaʊθtəˈmaʊθ] CPD mouth-to-mouth resuscitation N → (respiración f) boca a boca m

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mouth-to-mouth

[ˈmaʊθtəˈmaʊθ] mouth-to-mouth resuscitation n → respirazione f bocca a bocca

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