Usually means: Systems sustaining biological function artificially.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word life-support:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. life-support: Merriam-Webster
  2. life-support: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. life-support, life-support: Collins English Dictionary
  4. life-support: Vocabulary.com
  5. life-support: Wordnik
  6. life-support: Wiktionary
  7. life-support: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. life-support: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. life-support: Dictionary.com
  10. life-support: Rhymezone
  11. life-support: FreeDictionary.org
  12. life-support: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. life-support: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. life-support: Legal dictionary

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Life-support: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. life-support: Medical dictionary
  3. Life-support: Drug Medical Dictionary

(Note: See life-supporting as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Life-support)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of life support [An artificial system designed to provide oxygen in an environment that lacks oxygen.]

Similar:
lifesource, life-force, alife, A-life, lifeforce, pseudo-life, life-style, end of life, life style, survivancy, more...

Opposite:
life-threatening, lethal, deadly, fatal, dangerous

Types:
respirator, ventilator, defibrillator, more...

Phrases:
Life-support system, life-support systems, more...

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Similar:
lifesource, life-force, alife, A-life, lifeforce, pseudo-life, life-style, end of life, life style, survivancy, more...

Opposite:
life-threatening, lethal, deadly, fatal, dangerous

Types:
respirator, ventilator, defibrillator, more...

Phrases:
Life-support system, life-support systems, more...



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