| life-support system 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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| Noun | 1. |  life-support system - equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions; "the astronauts relied on their life-support systems"equipment - an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service |
| 2. | life-support system - medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive; "the patient is on life support" equipment - an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service |
Translations
life-support system n (Med) → respirateur artificiel
life-support system [ˈlaɪfsəpɔːt-] life n (Med) → Lebenserhaltungssystem nt
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