support groups meaning

• [Medicine]
  Organizations which provide an environment encouraging social interactions through group activities or individual relationships especially for the purpose of rehabilitating or supporting patients,individuals with common health problems,or the elderly. They include therapeutic social clubs.

• There was also a small ad hoc support group on the republican side.
• .. . wanna join our syphilis support group
• It's a support group for very clumsy people
• You can go to bathroom without a support group
• Wanna join our syphilis support group
• Sounds like a support group .-why can't he use a church
• -sounds like a support group .-why can't he use a church
• That was your support group up there
• Organize training and mutual learning support groups amongst ngos
• We got bagels and a support group

• "support groups" meaning in Chinese: 互助群体