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LIFE SUPPORT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does life support mean?

• LIFE SUPPORT (noun)
The noun LIFE SUPPORT has 2 senses:

1. equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions
2. medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive

Familiarity information: LIFE SUPPORT used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LIFE SUPPORT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

life support; life-support system

Context example:

the astronauts relied on their life-support systems

Hypernyms ("life support" is a kind of...):

equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

life support; life-support system

Context example:

the patient is on life support

Hypernyms ("life support" is a kind of...):

equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)

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