resuscitation

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
resuscitate /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/

▶verb

• 1 revive from unconsciousness.

• 2 make active or vigorous again.

– derivatives
resuscitation noun,
resuscitative adjective,
resuscitator noun.

– origin C16 (earlier (C15) as resuscitation): from L. resuscitat-, resuscitare ‘raise again’.