sudden infant death syndrome
noun
: death of an apparently healthy infant usually before one year of age that is of unknown cause and occurs especially during sleep
—abbreviation SIDS
called also crib death
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Study suggests genetics may be at play in sudden infant death syndrome.
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Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Think coronary heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and adverse reproductive health effects in women, as well as sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory infections, ear infections and asthma attacks in children.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2025
The team conducted tentpole research on the unexpected infant deaths previously known as SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Once Musk became a father for the first time in 2002, when Justine welcomed their son Nevada Alexander, who died at 10 weeks old of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Think coronary heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and adverse reproductive health effects in women, as well as sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory infections, ear infections and asthma attacks in children.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2025
The team conducted tentpole research on the unexpected infant deaths previously known as SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Once Musk became a father for the first time in 2002, when Justine welcomed their son Nevada Alexander, who died at 10 weeks old of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Sudden infant death syndrome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sudden%20infant%20death%20syndrome. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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