COT DEATH

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep

Synonyms:

cot death; crib death; infant death; SIDS; sudden infant death syndrome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cot death" is a kind of...):

death (the absence of life or state of being dead)

sleep apnea (apnea that occurs during sleep)

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