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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]