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severe acute respiratory syndrome

severe acute respiratory syndrome noun: a form of pneumonia resulting from infection by a coronavirus characterized by fever, myalgia, lethargy and coughing and which can be fatal.

Noun

severe acute respiratory syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural severe acute respiratory syndromes)

  1. 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...2014 July 31, Barack Obama, “Executive Order—Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases”, in https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/, Office of the Press Secretary, The White House
    Synonyms:
    SARS

severe acute respiratory syndrome meaning in Persian

severe acute respiratory syndrome in Persian

form of pneumonia
نشانگان تنفسی حاد شدید nešângân-e tanafosi-ye hâdd-e šadid

Synonyms of severe acute respiratory syndrome

Forms of severe acute respiratory syndrome

pluralsevere acute respiratory syndromes

Questions about severe acute respiratory syndrome

What does severe acute respiratory syndrome mean?
Severe acute respiratory syndrome means a form of pneumonia resulting from infection by a coronavirus characterized by fever, myalgia, lethargy and coughing and which can be fatal.
What is severe acute respiratory syndrome in Persian?
Severe acute respiratory syndrome in Persian is نشانگان تنفسی حاد شدید (nešângân-e tanafosi-ye hâdd-e šadid). See Severe acute respiratory syndrome meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is severe acute respiratory syndrome?
Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a noun.
What is the plural of severe acute respiratory syndrome?
The plural of severe acute respiratory syndrome is severe acute respiratory syndromes.

Words near severe acute respiratory syndrome in the dictionary

  1. Severas
  2. severation
  3. severaunce
  4. severaunces
  5. severe
  6. severe acute respiratory syndrome
  7. severe acute respiratory syndromes
  8. severe clear
  9. severe combined immunodeficiencies
  10. severe combined immunodeficiency
  11. severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

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