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life support

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life support noun artificial maintenance of life, conninuance of life through medical equipment, extension of life by technological means, sustenance of life by artificial means Generally: being kept alive, fostering of life, life retention, preservation of life, prolongation of existence


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Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned the CBI conference in London that turning off the life support measures for the economy would ruin hopes of a recovery.
He recently completed an advanced and basic cardiac life support instructor course for experienced health care providers and is a premium member of the American Heart and Stroke Association.
Doctors at a Seoul hospital on Tuesday became the first medical team in South Korea to take a patient off life support under a court order.
 
 
 
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