Sids

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Acronym standing for sudden infant death syndrome, referring to the unexplained death of an apparently healthy baby usually during sleep ; short for specific identifiers or distinct IDs used in various technical contexts ; slang or shorthand for the plural of sid, a name or term used in informal communication
2. Denotes the medical condition involving unexpected infant mortality during sleep without clear cause ; can imply multiple session IDs or security identifiers in computing ; informal plural form of a personal name or nickname derived from Sid
3. Refers to the syndrome causing unexpected death in infants while they sleep without an apparent reason ; used as a plural form of SID to indicate several unique identifiers or security tokens ; colloquially expresses multiple individuals named Sid or items labeled as such in casual speech

Etymology: "Sids" is the plural of "SID," an abbreviation for sudden infant death syndrome. The condition's name is English, and "syndrome" is older than it sounds: it comes from the Greek "sundromē," meaning a running together, because a syndrome is a set of symptoms that occur together. The plural itself is just the ordinary English "-s" added to the abbreviation. The same letters serve other uses. In Windows computing, SID stands for security identifier, and as a given name Sid is a short form of Sidney, so "Sids" can also mean several people called Sid.

Synonyms: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, crib death