Meaning of near-death experience | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

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Examples

“Everybody has the same story of the near-death experience—my entire life flashed in front of me, the white light and all that—but no one really knows it.”

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