life support
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life support
n.
A life-support system: a patient on life support.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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" equipment - an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service |