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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The group also welcomes fathers who have lost children to sudden infant death syndrome and those who have lost older and even adult children.
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Matt Villano, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
Doctors told Stern and her husband, Daniel, that their son had died from sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Study suggests genetics may be at play in sudden infant death syndrome.
—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
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Matt Villano, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
Doctors told Stern and her husband, Daniel, that their son had died from sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Study suggests genetics may be at play in sudden infant death syndrome.
—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
See All Example Sentences for sudden infant death syndrome
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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 21 Jul. 2025.
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