幼よう児じ突とつ然ぜん死し症しょう候こう群ぐん

noun

sudden infant death syndrome; SIDS

Medical term for the unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant, usually during sleep. Often abbreviated as SIDS.

See also: 乳幼児突然死症候群

• 幼よう児じ突とつ然ぜん死し症しょう候こう群ぐんの原げん因いんはまだ完かん全ぜんには解かい明めいされていない。

  The cause of sudden infant death syndrome has not yet been fully elucidated.

• 医い師しは両りょう親しんに幼よう児じ突とつ然ぜん死し症しょう候こう群ぐんのリスクを減へらす方ほう法ほうを説せつ明めいした。

  The doctor explained to the parents how to reduce the risk of SIDS.