Meanings
alternative SIDS
- uncountablemedicineThe sudden and unexplained death of an infant aged one month to one year, normally while sleeping.
Synonyms: crib death, cot death
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe sudden and unexplained death of an infant aged one month to one year, normally while sleeping.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan síndrome de la mort sobtada del lactant
- síndrome de la mort sobtada del lactantmedical syndrome
Chinese Mandarin 嬰兒猝死症 /婴儿猝死症
- 嬰兒猝死症 /婴儿猝死症 (yīng'ér cùsǐ zhèng)medical syndrome
Dutch wiegendood
- wiegendoodmedical syndrome
Finnish kätkytkuolema
- kätkytkuolemamedical syndrome
French mort subite du nourrisson
- mort subite du nourrissonmedical syndrome
German Kindstod
- Kindstodmedical syndrome
Icelandic vöggudauði, skyndidauði ungbarna
- vöggudauðimedical syndrome
- skyndidauði ungbarnamedical syndrome
Japanese 乳幼児突然死症候群
- 乳幼児突然死症候群 (nyūyōji totsuzenshi shōkōgun)medical syndrome
Māori mate ohorere pēpi
- mate ohorere pēpimedical syndrome
Polish nagła śmierć łóżeczkowa, zespół nagłego zgonu niemowląt
- nagła śmierć łóżeczkowamedical syndrome
- zespół nagłego zgonu niemowlątmedical syndrome
Russian синдро́м внеза́пной де́тской сме́рти
- синдро́м внеза́пной де́тской сме́рти (sindróm vnezápnoj détskoj smérti)medical syndrome
Swedish plötslig spädbarnsdöd
- plötslig spädbarnsdödmedical syndrome
Cite this entry
sudden infant death syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sudden%20infant%20death%20syndrome
“sudden infant death syndrome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sudden%20infant%20death%20syndrome. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sudden infant death syndrome,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sudden%20infant%20death%20syndrome.
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