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Life Support

nounid 82900·updated May 18, 2026
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medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive

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Variants

synonym
life-support system
plural
Life Supports
possessive
Life Support's
pluralpossessive
Life Supports'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive
§2
equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions

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