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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A life-support system.

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  • noun An artificial system designed to provide oxygen in an environment that lacks oxygen.
  • noun A machine that keeps the body of an ill or injured person alive.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive
  • noun equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions

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