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life support

A life-support system: a patient on life support.

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Noun	1.	life support - equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions; "the astronauts relied on their life-support systems" life-support system equipment - an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
	2.	life support - 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" life-support system equipment - an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

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life support

n (Med) → lebenserhaltende Apparate pl; she’s on life support → sie wird künstlich am Leben erhalten

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