sudden infant death syndrome

sudden infant death syndrome   n.   Abbr. SIDS A fatal syndrome that affects sleeping infants under a year old, characterized by a sudden cessation of breathing and thought to be caused by a defect in the central nervous system. Also called crib death.

sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Also called crib death, the deaths of sleeping infants less than a year old for unexplained reasons.

Main Entry: sudden infant death syndrome
Function: noun
: death of an apparently healthy infant usually before one year of age that is of unknown cause and occursespecially during sleep —abbreviation SIDS; called also cot death, crib death

sudden infant death syndrome sud·den infant death syndrome (sŭd'n)
n.

Abbr. SIDS A fatal syndrome affecting apparently healthy sleeping infants under a year old and that is characterized by a sudden cessation of breathing. Also called crib death.

sudden infant death syndrome   (sŭd'n)  Pronunciation Key  A fatal condition that affects sleeping infants that are less than one year old and appear to be healthy. It is characterized by a sudden cessation of breathing and is thought to be caused by a defect in the central nervous system. Also called crib death, SIDS.