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The correct spelling is life support.
How to pronounce life support
noun
Say it like: Lif-e s-upp-ort
The correct spelling is life support. An artificial system designed to provide oxygen in an environment that lacks oxygen.
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Definition
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.
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