[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

deathbed \death"bed\, n.
   the bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of
   life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last
   sickness.
   1913 webster

         that often-quoted passage from lord hervey in which the
         queen's deathbed is described.           --thackeray.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

deathbed
     n 1: the last few hours before death
     2: the bed on which a person dies

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 moby thesaurus words for "deathbed":
   agony, death agonies, death groan, death rattle, death struggle,
   death throes, deathwatch, dying breath, eleventh-hour, extremity,
   final extremity, last agony, last breath, last gasp, last-minute,
   later, moribundity, throes of death

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