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sudden infant death syndrome

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-008374

A disorder marked by the sudden and unexpected death of a healthy child who is younger than one year old, usually during sleep. The cause of sudden infant death syndrome is not known. Also called crib death and SIDS.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-008374
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymscrib death; SIDS
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "term": "sudden infant death syndrome",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A disorder marked by the sudden and unexpected death of a healthy child who is younger than one year old, usually during sleep. The cause of sudden infant death syndrome is not known. Also called crib death and SIDS.",
  "synonyms": [
    "crib death",
    "SIDS"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/sudden-infant-death-syndrome/"
}

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