Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the methods, equipment, or conditions needed to sustain life.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
life support .
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- adjective of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life
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Examples
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CHALLENGE 3: To demonstrate a long-term life-support system in space.
The Case for Mars Robert Zubrin 1996
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CHALLENGE 3: To demonstrate a long-term life-support system in space.
The Case for Mars Robert Zubrin 1996
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It is called life-support in the medical profession, and it's called death knell in the economic world.
unknown title 2011
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What his wife had referred to as his life-support system was a tangle of translucent tubes, oxygen bottles, IV sacs, a catheter, and electronic monitors that, upon first glance, made me think that perhaps technology might give Troy another season to run.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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What his wife had referred to as his life-support system was a tangle of translucent tubes, oxygen bottles, IV sacs, a catheter, and electronic monitors that, upon first glance, made me think that perhaps technology might give Troy another season to run.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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They are much cheaper to build and operate than piloted aircraft, primarily because they have no life-support systems.
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But despite the efforts of his wife's medical colleagues in Swansea his life-support was turned off a week after he had been shot.
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Although, we successfully avoided this near economic catastrophe, the economy has precipitously remained on life-support.
Patrick Yam: Epiphinal Economic Times Patrick Yam 2011
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The ocean is our life-support system; it provides us food, water and oxygen.
Vikki N. Spruill: Ocean Trash Is No Picnic Vikki N. Spruill 2011
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The ocean is our life-support system; it provides us food, water and oxygen.
Vikki N. Spruill: Ocean Trash Is No Picnic Vikki N. Spruill 2011
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