life support
An artificial system designed to provide oxygen and other conditions necessary for…An artificial system designed to provide oxygen and other conditions necessary for human life in an inhospitable environment.
» They've taken Tom off life support.
Они отключили Тома от аппарата жизнеобеспечения. — marafon
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Examples
35 sentencesThey've taken Tom off life support.
ruОни отключили Тома от аппарата жизнеобеспечения. — marafon
Tom is still on life support.
Tom isn't on life support anymore.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)An artificial system designed to provide oxygen and other conditions necessary for human life in an inhospitable environment.
Sauerstoffversorgung
жизнеобеспе́че́ниеžizneobespéčénije
(uncountable)The maintenance of vital functions of a critically ill or comatose person or a person undergoing surgery.
lebenserhaltende Maßnahmen
(uncountable)The equipment and special procedures used for life support.
lebenserhaltende Ausrüstung, lebenserhaltende Apparate
(figuratively, uncountable)A means of sustaining existence or continuation of something, usually in an artificial manner when it should have changed or terminated in its natural environment.
Tropf
- equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions
- medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive
Synonyms
1 synonyms- equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions: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
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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