ante-mortem

If we are to be stuffed, we prefer to have it an ante-mortem performance, don't we, little dog?

A hush came upon them,53 for it was seen that he was intending to make some kind of an ante-mortem statement.

The left cavities may be contracted and empty, or they may contain dark, soft clots or white ante-mortem clots.

The dying swan may not sing, but there is no doubt about the ante-mortem Valkyrie song of the whale.

I then performed a few ante-mortem details, such as writing good-byes to friends.