SADS

/ sædz /

acronym for

1. sudden adult death syndrome: the sudden death of an apparently healthy adult, for which no cause can be found at postmortem

Word History and Origins

Origin of SADS¹

late C20: by analogy with SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)

Example Sentences

I arrive at Edimbourg by a morning of the most sads; the sky grey, the earth wet, the air humid.

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The army halted for the night upon the eve of the day when it would pass near the encampment of the Beni Sads.

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Far and near the cry was repeated, and a moment later the people came hurrying to greet the hero of the Beni Sads.

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If his words mean that the three were full-brothers, Umar Shaikhs own mother was b-sads Tarkhn wife.

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