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life support
(life sup|port)
noun
[
mass noun
]
Medicine
maintenance of a patient’s vital functions following disablement or in an adverse environment:
[
as modifier
]
:
a life-support machine
informal
equipment in a hospital used for life support:
a patient on life support
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