resuscitator

English

Etymology

resuscitate +‎ -or

Noun

resuscitator (plural resuscitators)

A person or thing that resuscitates.
(medicine) A device, usually consisting of a face mask and tank, used to restore normal breathing to a person by forcing oxygen or an oxygen-rich mixture of gases into his or her lungs.

References

“resuscitator”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
"resuscitator" in On-line Medical Dictionary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997–2005.

Latin

Verb

resuscitātor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of resuscitō

References

“resuscitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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