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cot death

n. Chiefly British

Sudden infant death syndrome.

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cot death

(Pathology) the unexplained sudden death of an infant during sleep. Technical name: sudden infant death syndrome Also called (US and Canadian): crib death

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Noun

cot death - sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep

crib death, infant death, SIDS, sudden infant death syndrome

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

Translations

مَوْت سَريري

úmrtí kojence ve spánku

vuggedød

Kindstodplötzlicher Kindstod

krybbedød

beşik ölümü

婴儿猝死症

cot death

n (Brit) → Krippentod m, → plötzlicher Kindstod

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cot

(kot) noun

1. (American crib) a small bed with high sides for a child etc. One of the wooden rails of the cot is broken.

2. (American) a camp bed.

ˈcot death noun

(American crib death) the sudden death of a baby during sleep, which cannot yet be explained medically.

cottage (ˈkotidʒ) noun

a small house, especially in the country or in a village. a holiday cottage in Devon.

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The Scottish Cot Death Trust has raised millions of pounds for vital research and works with researchers at home and overseas.

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Jacqueline's two baby brothers died from cot death before she was born, and she said that although it isn't hereditary, she was worried until she got reassurance from a midwife that her baby was okay.

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NEW mothers should be taught about "safe sleeping practices" for newborns to try to cut the number of babies who die from cot death, health officials said.

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Parents who bed share with young babies face a fivefold increase in the risk of cot death. This increase is even found in those parents who do not smoke.

Bed sharing increases SIDS risk by up to five times

Tragically, cot death is a horror which continues to haunt families today with one baby or child dying every nine days in Scotland.

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TV newsreader Llewela Bailey has labelled the EastEnders cot death storyline 'horrible' and 'ludicrous' after speaking about her own baby tragedy.

No parent wants a replacement baby. They just want their baby back; COT DEATH STORM

Gemma Lee lost her son Tshepiso Mphahlele to cot death in 2008 and is backing the scheme to spare other parents her ordeal.

You don't get over it, you live with it... New scheme designed to spare parents the agony of cot death

Despite a drop in the rate of cot death in the UK since the early 1990s, experts are advising parents to avoid dangerous co-sleeping arrangements to help reduce these deaths even further.