Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

resuscitation

/ɹɪsˌʌsɪtˈeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: re-sus-ci-ta-tion
IPA: /ɹɪsˌʌsɪtˈeɪʃən/

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of resuscitating.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If the depletion had cured a bad cold, or averted a slight fever, and the patient came down declaring she was well, yet looking very ill, and an officious caller recommended "beef-tea, calves' foot jellies, or a glass of old port," Lady Anne, who well knew the value of such nutriments, seeing she constantly used them, would observe in reply, "at her time of life there is an innate power of resuscitation, which operates better without such stimulants, in my opinion;"..."

Etymology

From Middle English resuscitacion, from Old French ressuscitacion and Latin resuscitātio. Equivalent to resuscitate + -ion.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: resuscitacion, ressuscitacion, resuscitātio
Suffix: resuscitate

Usage

Inflected Forms

resuscitations (plural)

Derived Forms

autoresuscitation cryoresuscitation nonresuscitation overresuscitation postresuscitation underresuscitation

Phrases

cardiopulmonary resuscitation mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce resuscitation?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪsˌʌsɪtˈeɪʃən/.
What does resuscitation mean?: The act of resuscitating.
Where does resuscitation come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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