SARS is a serious disease which affects your ability to breathe. SARS is an abbreviation for 'severe acute respiratory syndrome'.
SARS in British English1
(sɑːz)
noun acronym for
severe acute respiratory syndrome; a severe viral infection of the lungs characterized by high fever, a dry cough, and breathing difficulties. It is contagious, having an airborne mode of transmission
SARS in British English2
abbreviation for
South African Revenue Service
SARS in American English
(sɑrz)
noun
an acute, highly contagious, viral respiratory disease characterized by coughing, a high fever, and breathing difficulty
Word origin
s(evere) a(cute) r(espiratory) s(yndrome)
Examples of 'SARS' in a sentence
SARS
We want to make something here that is more viral than SARS.
Scarlett Thomas POPCO (2004)
Chinese translation of 'SARS'
SARS
(sɑːz)
n abbr
(= severe acute respiratory syndrome) 非典型性肺炎 (fēidiǎnxíngxìng fèiyán)