SADS

/ sædz /

acronym for

1. sudden adult death syndrome: the sudden death of an apparently healthy adult, for which no cause can be found at postmortem

Word History and Origins

Origin of SADS¹

late C20: by analogy with SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)

Example Sentences

“Tell me about the happys — and tell me about the sads,” she urged young readers in her first columns.

From Washington Post

Perhaps keeping a stack of children’s books nearby so you can offer one up in a pinch could also be helpful: “What’s the matter today? Can I help you? My Elmo book always makes me feel better when I’ve got a case of the sads.”

From Slate

Sads: The artist Chris Ware has long been regarded as the James Joyce of comics.

From Slate

Sads is when the heart stops beating unexpectedly due to an abnormal rhythm, and generally happens to younger people who do not know they have a heart problem.

From BBC

The five SADs then evaluated a series of samples from people they’d never met—or smelled—some taken during a seizure, some after physical exercise, and some just during random moments of the day.

From Scientific American