life-support system
noun [C] /ˈlaɪf.səˌpɔːtˌsɪs.təm/
/-ˌɔːrt-/ Definition
› the equipment used to keep a person alive when they are very ill or injured: He's been on a life-support system since the crash.Medical and surgical equipment › the natural structures and systems that are necessary for living things, especially humans, to be able to live: The lack of rain is threatening all the region's life-support systems (= the Earth, trees and rivers).Environmental issuesRubbish and wasteProtection and protectorsLife and living
(Definition of life-support system noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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