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life-support system

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Noun life-support system has 2 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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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