#agony

• Agoană — A secondary archaic form of the word 'agonie' (agony); it designates the final, dramatic struggle of the body at the moment of death, characterized by breathing difficulties and intense physical suffering before passing away. Historically used in early Romanian chronicles to evoke a state of deep decay.
• Agonal — Relating to the period of terminal agony or the final moments before death; it describes the irregular, involuntary, and inefficient physiological patterns (such as agonal breathing) exhibited by an organism in structural collapse.
• Agonic — Relating to terminal agony or the final struggle before clinical death; synonymous with agonal, it describes the states, spasms, or inefficient respiratory reflexes displayed by an organism experiencing terminal biological collapse.
• Agony — The final transition stage between life and clinical death, marked by the gradual fading of vital functions, severe weakening of cardiac and respiratory activity, and loss of consciousness. Figuratively, it denotes intense, unbearable physical or emotional suffering, or the deep decline of an institution.