Definition of Near-death experience

1. Noun. The experience of being close to death but surviving.

Generic synonyms: Experience

Definition of Near-death experience

1. Noun. A sensation of detachment from one's body, the presence of a tunnel of light, the apparent viewing of one's own body from on high, and similar manifestations, experienced by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Near-death Experience

neanic
neanimorphic
neap
neap tide
neap tides
neaped
neaper
neapest
neaping
neaps
neapy
near
near(a)
near-Earth object
near-blind
near-death experience (current term)
near-death experiences
near-field
near-fields
near-minimal pair
near-minimal pairs
near-sighted
near-sightedness
near-term
near-total thyroidectomy
near beer
near drowning
near field
near fields
near gale

Literary usage of Near-death experience

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. At the Hour of Death by Karlis Osis, Erlendur Haraldsson (1997)
"A special control group was formed of patients who also were close to death, but who did not have a near-death experience. Sabom asked this control group to ..."

2. Making the Match: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time by Teri S. Lesesne (2003)
"Read aloud the first three or four paragraphs of the opening chapter and then tell a little about Sarah's near-death experience with her friends at a lake ..."

3. What Is Hinduism?: Modern Adventures Into a Profound Global Faith by Editors of Hinduism Today, Hinduism Today Magazine Editors (2007)
"Many, having had a near-death experience, have sworn their testimony of such ... Kannas: Many who have had a near-death experience speak of having come back ..."

4. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"In his concert film Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip (1982), comedian Pryor related the tragedy of his near-death experience in a cocaine smoking accident ..."

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