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: resuscitation: the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness → 1
Candidate hypernym: sleeper: a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed → 0
Candidate hypernym: muhlenbergia: a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia → 0
Candidate hypernym: pitsaw: a large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit below → 0
Candidate hypernym: barrio: a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States) → 0
Candidate hypernym: kepi: a cap with a flat circular top and a visor → 0
Candidate hypernym: ischemia: local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism → 0
Candidate hypernym: luba: a Bantu language spoken in southeastern Congo → 0
Candidate hypernym: construction: the act of constructing something → 0
Candidate hypernym: bull: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman → 0
Candidate hypernym: marrowfat pea: a variety of large pea that is commonly processed and sold in cans → 0