life support

Noun

uncountable figuratively

An artificial system designed to provide oxygen in an environment that lacks oxygen. / (medicine) Maintenance of vital functions of a critically ill or comatose person or a person undergoing surgery.

Japanese Meaning

酸素不足の環境において、酸素を供給するために設計された人工的なシステム。 / 重篤な状態にある、昏睡状態の、または手術中の患者などの生命維持を目的とした医療措置。

What is this buttons?

The engineers repaired the life support that was providing oxygen to the sealed habitat.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

技術者たちは、密閉された居住区に酸素を供給する酸素供給装置を修理した。

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Sense（1）

An artificial system designed to provide oxygen in an environment that lacks oxygen.

The more immediate concern is the life support systems. Those units are fifty years old—a conservative estimate. If the air scrubbers stop working, we die. If the pressure regulators stop working, we die. Artificial gravity fails? We die. You get the picture.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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Sense（2）

(medicine) Maintenance of vital functions of a critically ill or comatose person or a person undergoing surgery.

Sense（3）

(medicine) The equipment and special procedures used for life support.

Sense（4）

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