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SUPPORT SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does support system mean?
• SUPPORT SYSTEM (noun)
The noun SUPPORT SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. a network of facilities and people who interact and remain in informal communication for mutual assistance; a network that enables you to live in a certain style
Familiarity information: SUPPORT SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A network of facilities and people who interact and remain in informal communication for mutual assistance; a network that enables you to live in a certain style
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("support system" is a kind of...):
Context examples
Computer systems designed to assist in the management and processing of nursing data including decision support systems to support the practice of nursing and the delivery of nursing care.
(Nursing Information System, NCI Thesaurus)
Palliative care affirms life and regards dying as a normal process, neither hastens nor postpones death, provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms, integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care, offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death, and offers a support system to help the family cope during the patient's illness and in their own bereavement.
(Hospice Care, NCI Thesaurus)
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