SARS
69
3.7
- noun
- /sɑrz/
- Specialized
:
síndrome respiratorio agudo severo
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, is a highly contagious respiratory illness that can cause severe illness and death.
- SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
- SARS epidemic
- SARS outbreak
There's a new SARS like virus out there.
- There's a new SARS like virus out there.
- He invited me to play for a SARS benefit in Toronto.
- We had gone through MERS, SARS, Ebola, dengue.
- They're still here, you know, SARS is still here.
- It's far surpassed the infections that SARS had already.
- And you would think and, and short and after SARS, they did shut down a lot of these markets.
- Think of cancer, of bird flu, swine flu, SARS.
- And no food handlers, no chefs, none of the stuff we had with SARS.
- So let's say we have a perfect drug candidate that is efficient against SARS and against MERS.
- So the SARS coronaviruses, all the coronaviruses have plus RNA.
- And so, you know, we ignored the warning shots of SARS and MERS and Zika and a whole bunch of other things.
Examples
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Between November 2002 and July 2003, a SARS epidemic caused 8,098 infections and 774 deaths worldwide.
Academic text (2006) -
In March 2003, a SARS outbreak occurred among residents of the Amoy Gardens complex in Kowloon Bay.
Academic text (2006) -
In the months after SARS first appeared, the Chinese government closed down its live wildlife markets.
Academic text (2005) -
The social workers in this study experienced a number of effects from working in a SARS epidemic environment.
Academic text (2007) -
The purpose of this study was to elucidate social workers' experiences during the SARS outbreak.
Academic text (2007) -
Infection with the SARS virus results in acute respiratory distress and sometimes death.
Academic text (2012) -
In the spring of 2003, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) arrived in Canada.
Academic text (2004) -
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a serious form of pneumonia, is caused by a virus isolated in 2003.
Academic text (2012) -
The patient was diagnosed with SARS after showing severe respiratory symptoms.
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During the SARS outbreak, many countries implemented travel restrictions to control its spread.
Synonyms
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5.3
A serious breathing disease causing fever, cough and trouble breathing that can lead to death
How Severe
- Specialized
- Specialized
69
3.7
- Specialized
354
1.0
17
1.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
SARS = severe + acute + respiratory + syndrome (opaque) = S + A + R + S
SARS is an initialism formed from the initial letters of a multiword phrase; the meaning is not recoverable from the letters themselves unless the learner knows the full expansion.
Etymology
The word SARS is a short form of the medical name Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, and respiratory means 'breathing' while syndrome means 'a group of symptoms'. That's why SARS refers to a sudden, serious illness that affects breathing.