Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cot_death

1 sense of cot death

Sense 1
sudden infant death syndrome, SIDS, infant death, crib death, cot death -- (sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep)
       => death -- (the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life")
       => sleep apnea -- (apnea that occurs during sleep)