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COT DEATH
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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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