Definition of Life support

1. Noun. Equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions. "The astronauts relied on their life-support systems"

Exact synonyms: Life-support System
Generic synonyms: Equipment

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"
Exact synonyms: Life-support System
Generic synonyms: Equipment

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

life principle
life raft
life ring
life rings
life savings
life science
life sciences
life scientist
life sentence
life sentences
life span
life stance
life story
life stress
life style
life support (current term)
life support care
life support system
life support systems
life table
life tables
life tenant
life tenants
life vest
life vests
life zone
lifebelt
lifebelts
lifeblood
lifebloods

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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