1. Class Set
Safe Sleeping Vocabulary
Counter-intuitive: counter to what intuition would lead one to expect.
Vomit: to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
Reduction: the act of reducing; lessening.
Incidence: the rate of occurrence of something.
Circumstance: a condition or attribute, with respect to time, place, manner, etc., that
accompanies, determines, or modifies a fact or event.
Apparent: capable of being easily perceived or understood.
Jurisdiction: the extent or range of judicial, law enforcement, or other authority; the territory
over which authority is exercised.
Epidemiology: the branch of medicine dealing with the incidence and prevalence of disease in
large populations and with detection of the source and cause of epidemics.
Contribute: to be an important factor in; help to cause.
Occlusion: the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded; closed, blocked.
Compression: the reduction in volume and increase of pressure.
Circulation: the continuous movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels.
Exhaled: to emit breath or vapor; breathe out.
Carbon dioxide: a colorless, odorless gas, CO 2, present in the atmosphere and formed during
breathing.
Prone: having the front or ventral part downward; lying face downward.
Adjacent: lying near or close; next to.
Presence: immediate vicinity; proximity.
Particularly: in a particular, or to an exceptional, degree; especially.
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2. Class Set
Impede: to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct;
hinder.
Respiratory: pertaining to or serving for respiration or breathing.
Wedged: to pack or fit tightly.
Extricate: to free or release from entanglement; disengage.
Proximity: nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
Hazard: something causing unavoidable danger, peril, risk, or difficulty.
Bassinet: a basket with a hood over one end, for use as a baby's cradle.
Suffocate: to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs.
Traditionally: a long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting.
Evidence: that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief.
Recognize: to perceive as existing or true; realize.
Prevalent: widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
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