SARS

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SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome severe combined immunodeficiency

Main Entry: SARS
Pronunciation: särz
Function: noun
: a severe respiratory illness that is transmitted especially by contact with infectious material (as respiratory droplets or body fluids), is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus of the genus Coronavirus, is characterized by fever, headache, body aches, a dry cough, and hypoxia and usually by pneumonia -- called also severe acute respiratory syndrome