life-support
1 of 2adjective
life-sup·port ˈlīf-sə-ˈpȯrt 
: providing support necessary to sustain life
especially : of or relating to a system providing such support
life-support equipment
life support
2 of 2noun
: medical life-support equipment
the patient was placed on life support
Example Sentences
Noun He was removed from life support. She was put on life support. equipment providing life support for astronauts
Recent Examples on the Web
Lanford Beard, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022 Then an organ-donor organization agreed to allow Dr. Hanneken to recover eyes from patients who were declared brain dead, but who remained on life support to keep their heart and other organs viable for transplant. Ron Winslow, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2022 The bill is the culmination of years of attempts to fix the state’s deposit program, which is on life support after recycling centers closed in droves in recent years. Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2022 But a vote in Maine last year to block the project left the transmission line on life support, all but dooming a major piece of Massachusetts’ plan to rapidly clean its power grid and likely setting the state’s climate efforts back by years. Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022 She was being kept on life support until her organs could be donated. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2022 She was declared brain dead on Aug. 11, and was kept alive on life support for three more days so her organs could be donated. Andrew Dalton, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022 She was declared brain-dead, but was kept on life support in case her organs could be donated, an assessment that took nine days. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 22 Aug. 2022 Florida’s insurance market has spent most of the last two years on life support, battered by financial woes, the South Florida Sun Sentinel recently reported. Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2022 See More
Noun
She was declared legally dead by the state of California on Aug. 12, despite remaining on life support in order to donate her organs. Lanford Beard, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022 Then an organ-donor organization agreed to allow Dr. Hanneken to recover eyes from patients who were declared brain dead, but who remained on life support to keep their heart and other organs viable for transplant. Ron Winslow, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2022 The bill is the culmination of years of attempts to fix the state’s deposit program, which is on life support after recycling centers closed in droves in recent years. Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2022 But a vote in Maine last year to block the project left the transmission line on life support, all but dooming a major piece of Massachusetts’ plan to rapidly clean its power grid and likely setting the state’s climate efforts back by years. Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022 She was being kept on life support until her organs could be donated. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2022 She was declared brain dead on Aug. 11, and was kept alive on life support for three more days so her organs could be donated. Andrew Dalton, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022 She was declared brain-dead, but was kept on life support in case her organs could be donated, an assessment that took nine days. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 22 Aug. 2022 Florida’s insurance market has spent most of the last two years on life support, battered by financial woes, the South Florida Sun Sentinel recently reported. Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1959, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1974, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
life-support 1 of 2
adjective
: providing support necessary to sustain life
especially : of, relating to, or being a life-support system
life-support equipment
life support
2 of 2noun
: equipment, material, and treatment needed to keep a seriously ill or injured patient alive
research shows that if basic life support is used on serious trauma victims within four minutes and advanced life support within eight, nearly 50% of them survive Nancy Gibbs et al.
Nancy Gibbs et al.was on full life support for three weeks Richard Hoffer
Richard Hoffer