Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003;
characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia;
can be fatal;
[syn: severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
severe acute respiratory syndrome
n 1: a respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently
originated in mainland China in 2003; characterized by
fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia; can
be fatal [syn: severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS]