A piece of equipment that maintains a person's essential physical functions when they are very ill.
a decision was made the following afternoon to switch off his life support machine
figurative the football tournament is on a life support machine
Example sentencesExamples
- Joan is currently hooked up to a life support machine in the hospital with her whole family beside her.
- Today he was disconnected from all the life support machines and he is breathing on his own.
- The life support machine will be turned off once three of his sons have had the chance to visit their father for the last time.
- He sustained severe head injuries, spending three days on a life support machine.
- He was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary where he was put on a life support machine.