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terminal lucidities

terminal lucidities is the plural of terminal lucidity.

Meaning of terminal lucidity

Noun

terminal lucidity (uncountable)

  1. A rare, mysterious phenomenon when someone with a severe neurological or psychiatric condition (like dementia) experiences a sudden, temporary return of mental clarity, memory, and personality just before death, allowing for clear communication and recognition; appearing one's old self for a brief period before passing away.
    • Terminal lucidity was reported by 60% of the participants in Santos et al.’s (2017) study and by 73% of the participants in Claxton-Oldfield and Richard’s (2022) study.2026 June, Stephen Claxton-Oldfield, Sara MacEachern, “Undergraduate Students’ Awareness of and Beliefs About Unusual End-of-Life Phenomena”, in Omega, volume 93, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 1224
    Synonyms:
    terminal rally, rallying, rally, pre-mortem surge, energy surge, surge, end-of-life experience

Questions about terminal lucidities

What is terminal lucidities the plural of?
Terminal lucidities is the plural of terminal lucidity.

Words near terminal lucidities in the dictionary

  1. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
  2. terminal illness
  3. terminal illnesses
  4. terminal leave
  5. terminal leaves
  6. terminal lucidities
  7. terminal lucidity
  8. terminal moraine
  9. terminal moraines
  10. terminal object
  11. terminal objects

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