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| memento mori |
a reminder of death or mortality, esp. a skull. |
| original sin |
in Christianity, the sin of disobedience committed by Adam and Eve, for which they and all humans were made to suffer pain and mortality. |
| population explosion |
a great expansion in a biological population, esp. of humans in the twentieth century, resulting from a continued high birth rate combined with a decrease in child mortality and an increase in longevity. |
| SARS |
acronym of "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome," an atypical pneumonia with a high mortality rate, appearing on a wide scale in 2003. |
| Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
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. |
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