Vocabulary Term: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

This term is part of our Unit 22: Coronavirus COVID-19 vocabulary list. Please note that pronunciations can vary slightly even in the same dialect.

Noun (thing)

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SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

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a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin which first occurred in 2002 in China and killed over 750 people

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"Chinese scientists traced the SARS virus to cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in Southern China."

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