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life-support system

DEFINITIONS OF: life-support system

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

Synonyms:
life support
Type of:
equipment
an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

n equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions

“the astronauts relied on their life-support systems”
Synonyms:
life support
Type of:
equipment
an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
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