Preferred Label : life support systems;
MeSH definition : 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);
MeSH synonym : systems, life support; support system, life; system, life support; life support system; support systems, life;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Life-support system;
MeSH annotation : do not confuse with LIFE SUPPORT CARE: read MeSH definition;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-support system;
Origin ID : D008021;
UMLS CUI : C0023678;
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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)