| NOUN | artifact | life support, life-support system | equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions |
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| artifact | life support, life-support system | medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive |
| Meaning | equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions. | |
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| Synonym | life-support system | |
| Broader | equipment | An instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service |
| Meaning | medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive. | |
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| Example | "the patient is on life support" | |
| Synonym | life-support system | |
| Broader | equipment | An instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service |
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