Synonyms for life support
life sup·port

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1. life-support system, life supportnoun

   equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions

   "the astronauts relied on their life-support systems"

   Synonyms:
   life-support system

2. life-support system, life supportadjective

   medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive

   "the patient is on life support"

   Synonyms:
   life-support system

3. life-supportadjective

   of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life

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1. • Equipment

Suggested Resources

1. life support

   Read the full text of the Life Support poem by Kurt Philip Behm on the Poetry.com website.

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1. Chris Hansen:

   What you saw today was a prototype of the pressure garment. The life support system is back in a lab in Houston, we want systems that allow our astronauts to be scientists on the surface of the moon.

2. Alex Lewis:

   They were going to turn my life support off, but they wanted to give me one more night to see if I improved and they wanted to give my family a chance to say goodbye.

3. Vadim Ghirda/AP:

   The municipal ‘ life support system ’ of the capital is operating normally. Currently, 30 % of consumers are without electricity. Due to emergency shutdowns, alexander Ermochenko/Reuters Kyiv residents have water and heat.

4. Katherine Ornstein:

   It really speaks to the fact that the challenging job of a caregiver is not necessarily restricted to a few months before one dies, certainly individuals are more vulnerable at the end of life. Support for caregivers may be more urgent at the end of life but important through critical illness.

5. Marie Yovanovitch:

   The old oligarch system is still clinging to life, and corruption is its life support, ukraine must continue to pursue economic reforms in line with European standards and fully empower all of its anti-corruption institutions.