LIFE-SUPPORT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

life-support system (medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive)

life-support system (equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions)

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