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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Life Support Systems
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Sistemas de Manutención de la Vida
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Sistemas de Manutenção da Vida
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Synonyms English:
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Life Support System
Support System, Life
Support Systems, Life
System, Life Support
Systems, Life Support
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Tree Number:
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N06.230.150.391
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Definition English:
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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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Indexing Annotation English:
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do not confuse with LIFE SUPPORT CARE: read MeSH definition
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See Related English:
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Incubators
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History Note English:
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91(66); was see under SEALED CABIN ECOLOGY 1966-90
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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8197
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Unique Identifier:
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D008021
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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