"Miss Lincoln, what is the status of the Romulan vessel's life-support mechanisms?"
In contrast to the usual right-to-die case, it is the hospital that wants to turn the baby's life-support mechanism off; the family wants to keep it on.
About all they could do was close off a section and enhance life-support mechanisms there, so as to extend life and comfort.
"Ann left instructions for us not to put her on any kind of life-support mechanism, if she were ever incapacitated like this."
The life-support mechanism for the species is physically complicated, to allow the occupant to roll naturally within it.
To life-support mechanisms, regrafts and regrowths, slow-time and all the rest of it.
He checked out the tell-tales, then concentrated on the life-support mechanisms.
My brain is just a life-support mechanism for my testicles.
Brain drawing blood to it storing oxygen determined to stay alive as long as possible even though it had lost its life-support mechanism.
He checked out the telltales as best he could, then concentrated on the life-support mechanisms.