死し前ぜん喘ぜん鳴めい

noun

death rattle

Medical term for the gurgling sound sometimes heard in a dying person's breathing.

• 死し前ぜん喘ぜん鳴めいは、死しが近ちかいことを示しめす身しん体たい的てきな兆ちょう候こうの一ひとつです。

  The death rattle is one of the physical signs that death is near.