終しゅう末まつ期き明めい晰せき

noun

terminal lucidity; end-of-life rally

Medical and caregiving term for a sudden, temporary return of mental clarity or energy shortly before death in patients with dementia or terminal illness.

• 認にん知ち症しょうの祖そ母ぼが亡なくなる数すう日じつ前まえに終しゅう末まつ期き明めい晰せきを見みせ、家か族ぞくの名な前まえを呼よんだ。

  My grandmother with dementia showed terminal lucidity a few days before she passed away and called out the family members' names.

• 終しゅう末まつ期き明めい晰せきは、終しゅう末まつ期きケアの現げん場ばで時とき折おり報ほう告こくされる現げん象しょうだ。

  Terminal lucidity is a phenomenon occasionally reported in end-of-life care settings.