SUDDEN DEATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sudden death mean? 

• SUDDEN DEATH (noun)
  The noun SUDDEN DEATH has 1 sense:

1. (sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores; e.g. football and golf

  Familiarity information: SUDDEN DEATH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUDDEN DEATH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores; e.g. football and golf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("sudden death" is a kind of...):

extra time; overtime (playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

 Context examples 

Sudden death is reported in approximately 10% of the cases.

(Cystic Tumor of Atrioventricular Node, NCI Thesaurus)

A terminology codelist that describes syndromes or conditions that put a subject at risk for sudden death.

(CDISC SDTM Sudden Death Syndrome Type Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

It is a cause of sudden death.

(Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

This may lead to a reduction of cases of sudden death in patients with the mutation.

(Gene Causes Sudden Death in Young People, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Clinical presentation may include cardiac arrhythmia, cyanosis, heart failure or sudden death.

(Cardiac Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

Terminology associated with the sudden death syndrome type codelist of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC SDTM Sudden Death Syndrome Type Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

If corrective measures are not taken rapidly, this condition progresses to sudden death.

(History of Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)

It was battle, murder, and sudden death, leastways—him against six.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

A syndrome characterized by history of syncopal episodes and a long QT interval, sometimes leading to sudden death (DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC) due to paroxysmal ventricular arrhythmia.

(Long QT Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A ventricular arrhythmia characterized by a long QT interval, and accompanied by syncopal episodes sometimes leading to sudden death due to paroxysmal ventricular arrhythmia.

(Long QT Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)