life support

• Медицинский термин, обозначающий оборудование и процедуры, используемые для поддержания жизненно важных функций организма пациента, когда он не может делать это естественным образом, например, дыхание или работу сердца.

A medical term referring to the equipment and procedures used to maintain a patient's vital bodily functions when they are unable to do so naturally, such as breathing or heart function.

1. B2formal

   Medical equipment or techniques used to keep a person alive when their vital organs are failing.

   Аппарат жизнеобеспечения

   • The patient was placed on life support after the accident.
   • Doctors decided to turn off the life support machine.
   • Life support systems can sustain breathing and heart function.

2. Essential supportB2informal

   Something that is absolutely necessary for survival or continued existence.

   Жизненно важная поддержка

   • For many small businesses, government grants are their life support.
   • The charity provides life support for homeless families.
   • Water and food are the basic life support for any living being.