"near-death experience" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: near-death experiences [plural]
Etymology: Calque of French expérience de mort imminente, coined by Raymond Moody in 1975. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|expérience de mort imminente}} Calque of French expérience de mort imminente, {{coinage|en|Raymond Moody|in=1975|nocap=1}} coined by Raymond Moody in 1975 Head templates: {{en-noun}} near-death experience (plural near-death experiences)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: near-death experience Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: NDE, near death experience Translations (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function): nærdødsoplevelse [common-gender] (Danish), bijna-doodervaring [feminine] (Dutch), kuolemanrajakokemus (Finnish), rajakokemus (Finnish), expérience de mort imminente [feminine] (French), Nahtod-Erfahrung (German), Nahtoderfahrung (German), Nahtodeserfahrung (German), Todesnähe-Erfahrung (German), halálközeli élmény (Hungarian), 臨死体験 (rinshi-taiken) (alt: りんしたいけん) (Japanese), nær døden-opplevelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), näradödenupplevelse [common-gender] (Swedish)

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