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death rattle

 
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–noun
a sound produced by a person immediately preceding death, resulting from the passage of air through the mucus in the throat.
Origin:
1820–30
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death rattle  
n.  A gurgling or rattling sound sometimes made in the throat of a dying person, caused by loss of the cough reflex and passage of the breath through accumulating mucus.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Main Entry: death rattle
Function: noun
: a rattling or gurgling sound produced by air passing through mucus in the lungs and air passages of a dying person
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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death rattle n.
A gurgling or rattling sound sometimes made in the throat of a dying person, caused by loss of the cough reflex and passage of the breath through accumulating mucus.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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