infant death
1infant death — noun sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep • Syn: ↑sudden infant death syndrome, ↑SIDS, ↑crib death, ↑cot death • Hypernyms: ↑death, ↑sleep apnea …
2infant death rate — infant mortality rate the ratio of the number of deaths in one year of children less than one year of age to the number of live births in that year …
3Sudden infant death syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 10 R95 ICD 9 798.0 …
4Sudden Infant Death Syndrome — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 R95 Plötzlicher Kindstod …
5sudden infant death syndrome — 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. [1970 75] * * * …
6sudden infant death syndrome — n death of an apparently healthy infant usu. before one year of age that is of unknown cause and occurs esp. during sleep abbr. SIDS called also cot death, crib death * * * see cot death * * * …
7sudden infant death syndrome — noun sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep • Syn: ↑SIDS, ↑infant death, ↑crib death, ↑cot death • Hypernyms: ↑death, ↑sleep apnea * * * noun [noncount] technical …
8sudden infant death syndrome — n. the sudden death, of unknown cause, of an apparently healthy infant, usually during sleep …
9Sudden Infant Death Syndrome — Sudden .Infant Death .Syndrome n [U] SIDS technical when a baby stops breathing and dies while it is sleeping, for no known reason American Equivalent: crib deathBritish Equivalent: cot death …
10sudden infant death syndrome — sudden infant death ,syndrome noun uncount SIDS: CRIB DEATH …