SADS

/ (sædz) /

n acronym for

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

Origin of SADS

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

Words Nearby SADS

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

How to use SADS in a sentence

I arrive at Edimbourg by a morning of the most SADS; the sky grey, the earth wet, the air humid.
Mr. Punch in the Highlands | Various
The army halted for the night upon the eve of the day when it would pass near the encampment of the Beni SADS.
The Lance of Kanana | Harry W. French
Far and near the cry was repeated, and a moment later the people came hurrying to greet the hero of the Beni SADS.
The Lance of Kanana | Harry W. French
If his words mean that the three were full-brothers, Umar Shaikhs own mother was b-SADS Tarkhn wife.
The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

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