SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does severe acute respiratory syndrome mean? 

• SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

SARS; severe acute respiratory syndrome

Hypernyms ("severe acute respiratory syndrome" is a kind of...):

respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness (a disease affecting the respiratory system)

 Context examples 

The scientists found that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detectable in aerosols for up to three hours, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel.

(New coronavirus stable for hours on surface, National Institutes of Health)