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SADS

British  
/ sædz /

acronym

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

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Etymology

Origin of SADS

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

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