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Значения термина life-support system на английском

Medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive.

Использование термина life-support system на английском
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He remains on a life-support system, watched over by family and friends.
The Irish Times
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A biononic field scan revealed that the life-support system was off line.
The evolutionary void
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She has since been on a life-support system in a hospital in Oviedo.
The Irish Times
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He had been on a life-support system since the attack early on Sunday morning.
The Irish Times
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Around the world, banks are on a state-funded life-support system.
The Irish Times
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The tiny life-support system computer on his backpack appeared unexpectedly to have blown up.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
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The capsule's reserve electron matrices didn't have enough power to activate the internal life-support system.
The Neutronium Alchemist
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Millner uses cold, stiff hands to switch over to the space suit's independent life-support system.
Wired
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No need for a life-support system, of course.
My Name is Legion
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Another leak, and Ptolemy's life-support system failed entirely.
Mentats of Dune
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If danger threatens, the entire life-support system goes into Slaver-type stasis for a period of several seconds.
Ringworld
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What had happened to Spider's life-support system?
The Fountains of Paradise
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The temperature was over fifty degrees centigrade, and Falcon wondered how much longer his life-support system could handle matters.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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But... as far as Louis could see, only the life-support system and the hyperdrive shunt were within the hull.
Ringworld
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I'm just a life-support system.
Sister Mine
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If an elderly person's life must be maintained by a life-support system, the sweetness of life will have disappeared.
The Irish Times