sids

Questions about sids

What does sids mean?

sids means "sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep".

How many syllables are in sids?

sids has 1 syllable: sids. In IPA it is /ˈsɪdz/.

What is another word for sids?

Close synonyms include sudden infant death syndrome, infant death, crib death, cot death. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sids a common word?

sids is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.