Home › Words › L › lifeshiplifeshiplifeship · noun — A spaceship serving as an emergency medical center.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyCompound of life + ship.nounA spaceship serving as an emergency medical center.e.g.“You target our habs and lifeships, you slaughter us in our millions. We attack your military and infrastructure. And you call us the terrorists.” — 2004, Iain M. Banks, The Algebraist, London: Orbit, →ISBN, page 459:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).