单词 | sudden infant death syndrome |
释义 | > as lemmassudden infant death syndrome sudden infant death syndrome n. Medicine a condition characterized by the sudden, unexpected, and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant; abbreviated SIDS.Sudden infant death syndrome is multifactorial in origin, probably involving an interaction between environmental, developmental, and genetic factors. A number of risk factors have been identified, including premature birth, low birthweight, sleeping face down, and maternal smoking. ΚΠ 1963 R. J. Wedgwood & E. P. Benditt Sudden Death in Infants 131 In children who die before the age of 2 years, and most frequently in those who die when they are between 2 and 5 months old, these pathologic anatomic features..appear to constitute a syndrome. The designation Sudden Death Syndrome seemed acceptable to all the conference participants.] 1969 GP Dec. 99/1 Each year about 10,000 infants in the United States are victims of the ‘sudden infant death syndrome’ (SIDS)... SIDS is defined as the sudden, unexpected and inexplicable death of an infant. 1993 Guardian 5 Aug. 5/8 The risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) was 20 times greater for babies who slept on their stomachs. 1994 Toronto Life June 55/1 He refused even to attend the funeral when the baby girl died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. 2006 Metro 24 Aug. (London ed.) 22/2 Babies who died from sudden infant death syndrome have been found to have two ‘culprit genes’—one for lung function and another in the immune system. < as lemmas |
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