Adjective life support has 1 sense
- life-support - of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life
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Noun life support has 2 senses
- life-support system, life support - equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions; "the astronauts relied on their life-support systems"
--1 is a kind of equipment
- life-support system, life support - medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive; "the patient is on life support"
--2 is a kind of equipment
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