life-support
6
3.8
- adjective
- /ˈlaɪf səˌpɔrt/
- Specialized
:
de soporte vital
- The wife is in critical condition and four guys are on life-support.
- life-support system
Examples
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The portable life-support system made as it took each breath for Katie; she tried again to talk to Jay.
Fiction book (1991) -
Kathryn, did you double-check to see if the portable life-support system has been charged?
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We were hit first, with a huge energy burst that knocked out our life support and lights for a moment.
Fiction book (2001) -
No oxygen was provided for the life-support system.
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She's hooked up to life-support equipment.
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Always, I hear the slight hum of my life-support system.
Fiction book (1997) -
We've got a major malfunction in our life-support system.
Fiction book (2001) -
Earth's life-support systems are in flux, yet no centralized system to monitor and report these changes exists.
Academic text (2012) -
She is currently relying on a life-support machine to help her breathe.
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The hospital staff monitored the life-support systems closely to ensure the patient remained stable.
Synonyms
5
3.9
Needed for a person to stay alive
Antonyms
How Life-Saving
- Specialized
13
4.0
- Specialized
6
3.8
- Specialized
5
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Life-support combines life ('living') and support ('help' or 'to hold up'). So life-support is the machines or care that 'hold up' a person's life when they cannot survive on their own.