Health Care

Life Support Systems

Systems that provide all or most of the items necessary for maintaining life and health. Provisions are made for the supplying of oxygen, food, water, temperature and pressure control, disposition of carbon dioxide and body waste. The milieu may be a spacecraft, a submarine, or the surface of the moon. In medical care, usually under hospital conditions, LIFE SUPPORT CARE is available. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary)

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Systems that provide all or most of the items necessary for maintaining life and health. Provisions are made for the supplying of oxygen, food, water, temperature and pressure control, disposition of carbon dioxide and body waste. The milieu may be a spacecraft, a submarine, or the surface of the moon. In medical care, usually under hospital conditions, LIFE SUPPORT CARE is available. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary)

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Life Support System
  • Support System, Life
  • Support Systems, Life
  • System, Life Support
  • Systems, Life Support

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8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with LIFE SUPPORT CARE: read MeSH definition

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History Note

91(66); was see under SEALED CABIN ECOLOGY 1966-90

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  1. N06.230w.150.391w

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WD 756

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Life Support Systems. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008021. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008021
  2. Life Support Systems. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-support_system
  3. Life Support Systems. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984134