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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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The size of the ground crew points up a key difference between the Air Force and NASA life-support operations, Sokolik said.
Darling wrote the memo telling Republicans how to make "a great political issue" out of the Terri Schiavo life-support case.
The woman has a feeding tube, but she is not attached to a respirator or any other life-support machine.
 
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