life support

Noun

 * 1) An artificial system designed to provide oxygen in an environment that lacks oxygen.
 * 2)  Maintenance of vital functions of a critically ill or comatose person or a person undergoing surgery.
 * 3)  The equipment and special procedures used for life support.
 * 4)  Means of sustaining existence or continuation of something, usually in an artificial manner when it should have changed or terminated in its natural environment.
 * 1)  Means of sustaining existence or continuation of something, usually in an artificial manner when it should have changed or terminated in its natural environment.

Usage notes

 * Used with the preposition on: "the patient is on life support".

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 生命支持系統, 生命維持系統, 生命支持設備
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: happilaitteisto
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 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: elintoimintojen ylläpitäminen
 * German: lebenserhaltende Maßnahmen
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 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: elintoimintojen ylläpitäminen
 * German: lebenserhaltende Ausrüstung, lebenserhaltende Apparate
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