What does life-sustaining mean?

Definitions for life-sustaining
life-sus·tain·ing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word life-sustaining.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. vital, life-sustainingadjective

    performing an essential function in the living body

    "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise"

GCIDE

  1. life-sustainingadjective

    being the seat or source of life; performing a necessary function in the living body; as, the need for life-sustaining air and water.

ChatGPT

  1. life-sustaining

    Life-sustaining refers to something crucial or necessary for maintaining life, enabling continued existence, promoting growth, and preventing termination or failure of life processes. It often relates to essential provisions, procedures or treatments in medical, environmental, and biological contexts.

How to pronounce life-sustaining?

How to say life-sustaining in sign language?

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of life-sustaining in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of life-sustaining in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of life-sustaining in a Sentence

  1. Dustin Gohmert:

    You can almost think of it as a personalized spacecraft -- a secondary but much more personalized spacecraft that protects the crew member, provides them pressure, oxygen, cooling and any other life-sustaining functions that are needed.

  2. Simon Newell:

    For some, continuing life-sustaining treatment is simply prolonging suffering in the face of the inevitable, for (some) babies, no treatment is going to cure them and their quality of life is non-existent.

  3. Mark Ghilarducci:

    The State of California is continuously working to support our hospitals and protect the lives of Californians impacted by COVID-19. By working to upgrade challenged oxygen delivery systems at these older hospitals, we can improve the ability to deliver life sustaining medical care to those who need The State of California.


Translations for life-sustaining

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for life-sustaining »

Translation

Find a translation for the life-sustaining definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"life-sustaining." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/life-sustaining>.

Discuss these life-sustaining definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for life-sustaining? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
    A decline
    B slip
    C empire
    D suffering

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for life-sustaining: