crib death

American  

noun

1. sudden infant death syndrome.

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crib death British  

noun

1. Technical name: sudden infant death syndrome.  Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): cot death.  the unexplained sudden death of an infant during sleep

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crib death Scientific  

/ krĭb /

1. See sudden infant death syndrome

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Etymology

Origin of crib death

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

SIDS, or crib death, refers to the sudden death of an infant under the age of 1, usually during sleep and for unknown reasons, though often related to suspected genetic or environmental factors.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023

Around the time of his funeral, Koerner learned, from a cousin, that he had been the eldest not of two boys but of five: three brothers had been lost to crib death, stillbirth, or miscarriage.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2018

The youngest, Kaijo Tamai, died of crib death on April 21, 1918.

From Washington Times • Aug. 20, 2017

SIDS, also known as "crib death," is defined as a sudden and unexplained death - usually during sleep -- in a baby less than one year old.

From Reuters • Jun. 13, 2011

They had two daughters, but one died of crib death.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2011