Life Support Definition

līfsə-pôrt
noun
A life-support system or device.
Webster's New World
Alternative spelling of life support.
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adjective
Of or relating to the methods, equipment, or conditions needed to sustain life.
American Heritage Medicine
Designating or of any system that enables normal living in space, under water, etc.
Webster's New World
Designating or of any device or system, usually connected directly to a patient, that can take over for a vital bodily organ or function that is failing or has failed.
Webster's New World

Life Support Sentence Examples

  • They fear abusive conservators will shut off life support to patients who would have chosen to live.

  • The introductory chapter on life support and initial stabilization provides the outline for the initial care of the traumatized patient.

  • Master Chief settles down into a life support tube.

  • When mental deficiency and the attendant diseases or disorders are severe, the child may require a life-support system.

  • If life support is implemented and the child is resuscitated, emergency care will be provided in an attempt to stabilize the child.

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