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Vinony

SARS

noun

  1. severe acute respiratory syndrome
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Wiktionary

name

  1. Initialism of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a Nigerian police unit known for police brutality and corruption.
  2. Initialism of South African Revenue Service.

noun

  1. Acronym of severe acute respiratory syndrome; also Sars.

    “SARS set off a panic about global spread and contagion.”

    “Coronaviruses are worrying because epidemics caused by other members of the viral family, SARS and MERS, have had high death rates: 10 percent for SARS, and about 35 percent for MERS.”