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life-support system

life-support system

 
pronunciation:
laIf s port sI stm
part of speech: noun
definition 1: a system of equipment, esp. in a hospital, that keeps a person alive when he or she might otherwise die.
definition 2: the system of equipment in a spacecraft that keeps the occupants alive in outer space.