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life support system — life sup port ,system noun count 1. ) life support system or life support machine a set of machines that keep someone alive when they are very sick. It is often simply called life support. 2. ) a set of equipment that keeps people alive in space… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
life-support system — n a system that provides all or some of the items (as oxygen, food, water, and disposition of carbon dioxide and body wastes) necessary for maintaining life or health: as a) one used to maintain the health of a person or animal in outer space,… … Medical dictionary
life-support system — life support systems N COUNT A life support system is the same as a life support machine … English dictionary
life support system — life support .system n 1.) also life support machine a piece of equipment that keeps someone alive when they are extremely ill 2.) a piece of equipment that keeps people alive in conditions where they would not normally be able to live, such as… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Life support system — For other uses of Life support , see Life support (disambiguation). In human spaceflight, a life support system is a group of devices that allow a human being to survive in space. US government space agency NASA,[1] and private spaceflight… … Wikipedia
life-support system — noun 1. equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions the astronauts relied on their life support systems • Syn: ↑life support • Hypernyms: ↑equipment 2. medical equipment that assists or replaces important… … Useful english dictionary
life support system — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms life support system : singular life support system plural life support systems 1) life support system or life support machine a set of machines that keep someone alive when they are very ill 2) a set of… … English dictionary
life-support system — ▪ environmental any mechanical device that enables a person to live and usually work in an environment such as outer space or underwater in which he could not otherwise function or survive for any appreciable amount of time. Life support… … Universalium
Life-Support-System — Life Sup|port Sys|tem [...sə pɔ:t...] das; s <zu engl. support »Unterstützung«> System zur Erhaltung des menschlichen Lebens in einer zum Leben nicht geeigneten Umgebung durch die automatische Regelung von Sauerstoff u. Kohlendioxid,… … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
life support system — noun (C) 1 a piece of equipment that keeps someone alive when they are extremely ill 2 a piece of equipment that keeps people alive in conditions where they would not normally be able to live, such as in space 3 a natural system that is necessary … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
