life support
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The word 'life' comes from the Old English word 'līf', meaning 'existence'. 'Support' comes from the Latin word 'supportare', meaning 'to carry'.
مثال
- The patient is on life support in the intensive care unit.
- The decision was made to remove her from life support.
- The hospital has state-of-the-art life support systems.
ترکیبهای رایج
Be on life support Remove from life support Provide life support Life support systems
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions “the astronauts relied on their life-support systems”
- 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”