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Life-support System

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Noun

1. life support, life-support system

equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions

Example Sentences:
'the astronauts relied on their life-support systems'

2. life support, life-support system

medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive

Example Sentences:
'the patient is on life support'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Life-support System

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noun
another name for life-support machine

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Life-support System

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n.
1. Equipment that creates a viable environment under conditions otherwise incompatible with life.
2. Medical equipment that augments or substitutes for an essential bodily function, such as respiration, enabling a patient who otherwise might not survive to live.

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