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sud'den in'fant death' syn"drome
Pathol.
death from the sudden cessation of breathing (apnea) of a seemingly healthy infant, almost always during sleep, sometimes traceable to a chronic oxygen deficiency.
Abbr.: SIDS Also called
crib death; esp. Brit., cot death. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.