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COT DEATH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cot death mean?
• COT DEATH (noun)
The noun COT DEATH has 1 sense:
1. sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep
Familiarity information: COT DEATH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
cot death; crib death; infant death; SIDS; sudden infant death syndrome
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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