INFANT DEATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infant death mean? 

• INFANT DEATH (noun)
  The noun INFANT DEATH has 1 sense:

1. sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep

  Familiarity information: INFANT DEATH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFANT DEATH (noun)

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 ("infant death" is a kind of...):

death (the absence of life or state of being dead)

sleep apnea (apnea that occurs during sleep)

 Context examples 

Variation in the FEV gene may be associated with susceptibility to sudden infant death syndrome.

(FEV wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Infant death due to causes other than AIDS

(Infant Mortality, Non-AIDS, NCI Thesaurus)

Preterm birth occurs before 37 weeks of pregnancy and increases the risk for infant death and long term disability.

(Extreme temperatures could increase preterm birth risk, NIH)

Also called SIDS and sudden infant death syndrome.

(Crib death, NCI Dictionary)

Defects in acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, which catalyzes the first step in beta-oxidation, appear to be involved in some cases of sudden infant death syndrome.

(Beta-Oxidation of Fatty Acids Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The finding raises the possibility that a test could be developed to distinguish SIDS cases from other causes of sleep-related, unexpected infant death.

(Blood of SIDS infants contains high levels of serotonin, National Institutes of Health)

Infant death due to AIDS

(Infant Mortality, AIDS, NCI Thesaurus)