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Definition of SARS noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

SARS

noun
 
/sɑːz/
 
/sɑːrz/
[uncountable]
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  1. an illness that is easily spread from person to person, which affects the lungs and can sometimes cause death (the abbreviation for severe acute respiratory syndrome)
    • No new SARS cases have been reported in the region.
    Topics Health problemsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySARS is used before these nouns:
    • case
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See SARS in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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