SARS
pronunciation
How to pronounce SARS in British English:
UK [sɑ:z]
How to pronounce SARS in American English:
US [sɑrz]
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- Noun:
- a respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003; characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia; can be fatal
Word Origin
- SARS (n.)
- by 2003, acronym from severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Example
- 1. The issue became a flashpoint during the 2003 sars epidemic .
- 2. The sars epidemic in 2003 offers a telling example .
- 3. Sars and elderly suicide in hong kong .
- 4. Compile departmental contingency plan for outbreak of sars .
- 5. Tourism in china was almost stagnant in year 2003 because of sars .