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LIFE-SUPPORT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
life-support system (medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive)
life-support system (equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions)
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