artificial

(ar-tl-fish'al) [L. ars, art, facere, to make.] Xot natural, manufactured; made in imitation of nature, a. feed'ing, feeding an infant with other than breast-milk. a. food, any prepared food, especially one for infants, a. respira'tion, the maintenance of the respiratory movements, in case of suspended animation, by rhythmical compre ion of the chest wall or other means: see Howard, Laborde, Marshall Halt, Schafer, Silvester, Buist, Byrd-Dew, Doe, and Schulize.