Difference between revisions of "Death Rattle"

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[[File:The Death of Gomer.jpg|500px|thumb|right|''Jacques-Louis David's "The Death of Gomer," 1793'']]
 
[[File:The Death of Gomer.jpg|500px|thumb|right|''Jacques-Louis David's "The Death of Gomer," 1793'']]
  
A '''death rattle''' refers to a gurgling sound from a dying person's throat, usually a last ditch pitiful effort to draw some attention.
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A '''death rattle''' refers to one of two things:
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#a gurgling sound from a dying person's throat, usually a last ditch pitiful effort to draw some attention
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#a children's rattle that can cause death, often the case when accidentally swallowed
  
  
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* [[Hospicilin]]
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* [[Hospicillin]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:51, 21 July 2017

Jacques-Louis David's "The Death of Gomer," 1793

A death rattle refers to one of two things:

  1. a gurgling sound from a dying person's throat, usually a last ditch pitiful effort to draw some attention
  2. a children's rattle that can cause death, often the case when accidentally swallowed


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