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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Medical - Medical: Health Care | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Carlos Sorzano United States Local time: 01:14 | ||||||
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5 +18 | near death experience |
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4 | afterlife near experience |
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near death experience Explanation: ok -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 mins (2008-09-06 00:10:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- near-death experience ■ noun an unusual experience taking place on the brink of death and recounted by a person on recovery, typically an out-of-body experience or a vision of a tunnel of light near-death experience Mystical or transcendent experience reported by people who have been on the threshold of death. The near-death experience varies with each individual, but characteristics frequently include hearing oneself declared dead, feelings of peacefulness, the sense of leaving one's body, the sense of moving through a dark tunnel toward a bright light, a life review, the crossing of a border, and meetings with other spiritual beings, often deceased friends and relatives. Near-death experiences are reported by about one-third of those who come close to death. Cultural and physiological explanations have been offered, but the causes remain uncertain. Typical aftereffects include greater spirituality and decreased fear of death. |
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