LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the patient is on life support
    Hypernyms(s) life-support system is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the astronauts relied on their life-support systems
    Hypernyms(s) life-support system is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower