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
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: council on environmental policy: the executive agency that advises the President on protecting the environment
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: levity: a manner lacking seriousness
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: electric shock: trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
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Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: anthropoid: person who resembles a nonhuman primate
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Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: bofors gun: an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun
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Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: spermatic cord: a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves