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life support   (TTS Sound)

The noun life support has 2 senses

• life-support system, life support -- (equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions; "the astronauts relied on their life-support systems")


• life-support system, 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")

The adj life-support has 1 sense

• life-support -- (of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life)