life-support
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life-sup·port
(līf′sə-pôrt′)adj.
Of or relating to the methods, equipment, or conditions needed to sustain life.
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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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life′-support`
adj.
of or pertaining to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing, or that allow humans to function within a hostile environment, as outer space or ocean depths.
[1955–60]
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Adj. 1. life-support - of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life
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life-support
[ˈlaɪfsəˌpɔːt] ADJ life-support system → sistema m de respiración artificial (pulmón artificial etc)Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005