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life-support

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life-sup·port (lfs-pôrt, -prt)
adj.
Of or relating to the methods, equipment, or conditions needed to sustain life.

life-support
adj
of or providing the equipment required to sustain human life in an unnatural environment, such as in space, or in severe illness or disability
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Adj.1.life-support - of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life
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life-support [ˈlaɪfsəˌpɔːt] ADJ life-support systemsistema m de respiración artificial(pulmón artificial etc)


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The size of the ground crew points up a key difference between the Air Force and NASA life-support operations, Sokolik said.
Darling wrote the memo telling Republicans how to make "a great political issue" out of the Terri Schiavo life-support case.
The woman has a feeding tube, but she is not attached to a respirator or any other life-support machine.
 
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