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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
the patient is on life support -
equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions
the astronauts relied on their life-support systems
How To Use life-support system In A Sentence
- The rainforests are our very own life-support systems and we are on the verge of switching them off. The Sun
- A breach of his life-support system would have rendered him unconscious in seconds. Times, Sunday Times
- If the life-support system fails there'll only be one result. The Sun
- They range from implementation of complex treatment regimes to operating life-support systems in intensive care units.
- The life-support system was just beside you with tubes piercing mercilessly into your left wrist.
- In simple terms the rainforests are our very own life-support system - and we are on the verge of switching them off. The Sun
- He's been on a life-support system since the crash.
- They are our very life-support system. The Sun
- All are life-support systems supplying basic needs rather than rolling out the carpet for tourists. Times, Sunday Times
- Your body is its life-support system. Times, Sunday Times
