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Definition of Life support
1. Noun. Equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions. "The astronauts relied on their life-support systems"
2. Noun. 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"
Definition of Life support
1. Noun. An artificial system designed to provide oxygen in an environment that lacks oxygen. ¹
2. Noun. A machine that keeps the body of an ill or injured person alive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Life Support
Literary usage of Life support
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Risk Reduction Strategy for Human Exploration of Space: A Review of NASA's by David E. Longnecker, Ricardo A. Molins (2006)
"THE CASE OF ADVANCED HUMAN life support The engineering and system technology risks
... Advanced human life support comprises food and life support systems, ..."
2. Books and Reading by Azarias, Joseph Henry McMahon, John Aloysius Mooney (1901)
"He will not life support By earth nor its base metals, but by love, Wisdom, and
virtue, and his land shall be The land 'twixt either Feltro. ..."
3. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1992)
"16.3 life support CONSIDERATIONS Excursion diving from a saturation system or
habitat usually is performed with standard diving equipment, eg, ..."
4. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1917)
"... on said 102 acres of land and liable for the life support and maintenance of
the said Alvilda Grant and AJ Grant during their natural lives," and "being ..."
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