life-sustaining
adjective
: helping someone or something to stay alive : supporting or extending life
life-sustaining medical treatment
The storm brought life-sustaining rain/water to the farms.
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Zillions of oxygen molecules, released from zillions of chloroplasts around the planet, become the life-sustaining atmosphere that supports Earth’s vast ecological communities.
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Saving a patient requires removing the sparse toxic metals from the body with more than surgical precision, while leaving the abundant life-sustaining nutrients intact.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The doctor removes the life-sustaining equipment and waits.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
But Wright and other patients reliant on insulin fear drug companies' attention to the profitable blockbuster meds comes at the expense of a life-sustaining drug that's been around for more than a century.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Saving a patient requires removing the sparse toxic metals from the body with more than surgical precision, while leaving the abundant life-sustaining nutrients intact.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The doctor removes the life-sustaining equipment and waits.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
But Wright and other patients reliant on insulin fear drug companies' attention to the profitable blockbuster meds comes at the expense of a life-sustaining drug that's been around for more than a century.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Life-sustaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-sustaining. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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