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Severe Acute Respirat...

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

 
pronunciation:
s vir kyut re spr tor i sIn drom
part of speech: noun
definition: an atypical pneumonia that has a mortality rate of approximately 10 percent, often referred to by its acronym "SARS." A major outbreak occurred in 2003.