Term: cardiopulmonary resuscitation: 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
Candidate hypernym: emergency procedure: (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) → 1
Candidate hypernym: smuttiness: the state of being dirty with soot → 0
Candidate hypernym: anklet: a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle → 0
Candidate hypernym: tons: a large number or amount → 0
Candidate hypernym: taste: the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus → 0
Candidate hypernym: case: a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument → 0
Candidate hypernym: follicle: any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity → 0
Candidate hypernym: quarrying: the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry → 0
Candidate hypernym: imagination image: a mental image produced by the imagination → 0
Candidate hypernym: milk wagon: wagon for delivering milk → 0
Candidate hypernym: dermatobia: larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans → 0