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Synonyms for life-support
life-sup·port
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Princeton's WordNet
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, life supportlife-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, life supportlife-supportadjective
of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life
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How to use life-support in a sentence?
Plankton are much more than just food for the whales, although tiny, these organisms are a vital part of the Earth's life support system, providing half of the oxygen generated each year on Earth by photosynthesis and lying at the base of marine food chains on which all other ocean life depends.
If you cover it, you might as well take away someones life support.
Scott's on life support. Once his family is in place they will discontinue life support. I'm going to lose the one person on this planet I've spent more of my life with than anyone else, my heart is broken and I'm so very f—ing sad.
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.
So, basically he’s still on life support, we’re just hoping his body fights this off.
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