near-death experience

English

Alternative forms

near death experience

Noun

near-death experience (plural near-death experiences)

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

Translations

experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function

Danish: nærdødsoplevelse c
French: expérience de mort imminente (fr) f
German: Nahtod-Erfahrung, Nahtoderfahrung (de), Nahtodeserfahrung, Todesnähe-Erfahrung
Hungarian: halálközeli élmény

Japanese: 臨死体験 (りんしたいけん, rinshi-taiken)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nær døden-opplevelse m

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