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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As part of the ethics review, the ethics consultant would draw on their knowledge of policies, laws and ethical precedent about withdrawing life-sustaining treatment to provide some guardrails for the situation.
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Jennifer McCurdy, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Additional funding is critical to support lifesaving and life-sustaining services for children and their families.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Funded through donations and the sale of inspirational cards containing McCrary’s artwork, her nonprofit has in the last three years paid for 2,000 trips for more than 200 ocular melanoma patients to receive life-sustaining treatments similar to what saved her.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
The inmate’s family alleged in a lawsuit filed in 2024 against the sheriff that the man was denied life-sustaining medication for a heart transplant.
—Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer McCurdy, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Additional funding is critical to support lifesaving and life-sustaining services for children and their families.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Funded through donations and the sale of inspirational cards containing McCrary’s artwork, her nonprofit has in the last three years paid for 2,000 trips for more than 200 ocular melanoma patients to receive life-sustaining treatments similar to what saved her.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
The inmate’s family alleged in a lawsuit filed in 2024 against the sheriff that the man was denied life-sustaining medication for a heart transplant.
—Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Life-sustaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-sustaining. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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