Sids

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of sudden infant death syndrome. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

    "The evidence clearly showed that ETS increased the risk of SIDS, but the panel couldn’t decide whether that risk was caused by prenatal smoking, postnatal ETS, or both."

  2. 2
    plural of SID form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Oat husks, or bran with some kernel, used to make sowens. Scotland, plural, plural-only
  4. 4
    sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of Small Island Developing States. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Synonyms

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cot deathcrib deathinfant deathsudden infant death syndromesudden infant death syndrome

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""Cora's baby died last night." "Oh no, what happened?" "SIDS.""

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