crib death
3
7.4
- noun
- /krɪb dɛθ/
- Archaic
:
muerte súbita del lactante
- A crib death.
- died of crib death
Examples
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She even had time to counsel a devastated family about the "crib death" of their infant.
Fiction book (1992) -
They think it was a crib death.
Fiction book (1996) -
I've read a lot about crib death.
Fiction book (1991) -
Crib death.
Fiction book (1999) -
Rudyard, it's crib death.
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Yes, and they're almost always low-birth-weight babies, frequently premature, higher incidence of crib death.
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Spencer, my little brother, became, and that is the pretentious and slightly comical name he would have dragged through life had he not succumbed to crib death at the age of six months.
Fiction book (2001) -
The tragic loss of their baby due to crib death left the parents heartbroken.
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Many families are affected by crib death, often referred to as sudden infant death syndrome.
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Awareness campaigns aim to educate parents about the risks associated with crib death.
Synonyms
8
6.7
Sudden unexplained death of a healthy baby, usually during sleep
5
5.7
A baby who seemed healthy dies suddenly, often during sleep
2
3.7
The sudden death of a baby under one year while sleeping, with no known cause
1
6.5
Sudden unexpected death of a healthy baby while sleeping
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally straightforward: 'crib' + 'death' denotes the death of an infant in a crib, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the basic meaning. Although the technical term SIDS specifies sudden and unexpected infant death, the core sense is literal and therefore directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
The term crib death may come from the sad image of a baby found dead in a crib and the plain word death used to describe it. That's why the phrase is used today to mean 'the sudden, unexpected death of a baby, often during sleep'.