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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024life-sup•port (līf′sə pôrt′, -pōrt′),USA pronunciation adj. - Medicineof or pertaining to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes:Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- Medicineof or pertaining to equipment or measures that provide, within a surrounding hostile environment, as outer space or ocean depths, a life-sustaining environment similar to that found on the earth's surface:the life-support system of a spacecraft or submarine.
- Medicineof or pertaining to anything that fosters or sustains life, success, or continued existence, as of a person, thing, or nation:the life-support system of the economy.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: life-support adj - of or providing the equipment required to sustain human life in an unnatural environment, such as in space, or in severe illness or disability
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