severe acute respiratory syndrome

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severe acute respiratory syndrome

noun severe acute respiratory syndromes

  1. countable, uncountable A form of pneumonia resulting from infection by a coronavirus characterized by fever, myalgia, lethargy and coughing and which can be fatal. (b) Severe acute respiratory syndromes, which are diseases that are associated with fever and signs and symptoms of pneumonia or other respiratory illness, are capable of being transmitted from person to person, and that either are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic, or, upon infect

    Similar: SARS, Sars

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noun form of pneumonia

Españolsíndrome respiratorio agudo severo
한국어중증급성호흡기증후군 jungjeunggeupseonghoheupgijeunghugun
日本語重症急性呼吸器症候群 jūshō kyūsei kokyūki shōkōgun
中文嚴重急性呼吸道綜合症 /严重急性呼吸道综合症 yánzhòng jíxìng hūxīdào zònghézhèng, 非典型肺炎 fēidiǎnxíng fèiyán
Portuguêssíndrome respiratória aguda grave
Françaissyndrome respiratoire aigu sévère, SRAS
DeutschSchweres Akutes Atemwegssyndrom
Русскийтяжёлый о́стрый респирато́рный синдро́м tjažólyj óstryj respiratórnyj sindróm, ТОРС TORS

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@misc{severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome_2026,
  title = {severe acute respiratory syndrome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/severe%20acute%20respiratory%20syndrome},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}