SARS – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
n.
highly contagious atypical form of pneumonia originating in Guangdong (China)
SARS (disambiguation)
SARS is severe acute respiratory syndrome, a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the SARS coronavirus.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (
SARS) is a viral
respiratory disease of
zoonotic origin caused by the
SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Between November 2002 and July 2003, an outbreak of SARS in southern China caused an eventual 8,096 cases and 774 deaths reported in multiple countries with the majority of cases in Hong Kong (9.6%
fatality rate) according to the
World Health Organization (WHO). Within weeks, SARS spread from Hong Kong to infect individuals in 37 countries in early 2003. It then was eradicated by January the following year.
SARS
Noun
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
(synonym) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(hypernym) respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder
SARS (Schwere Akute Atemwegssyndrome)
SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, highly contagious atypical form of pneumonia originating in Guangdong Province in China
anti-SARS Maßnahmen
anti-SARS measures, measures adopted to stop the spread of the SARS epidemic
sarsmak
v.
shock, shake, agitate, shake up, affect, afflict, buffet, buffet about, concuss, convulse, cut up, depolarise, dislocate, erode, hit, horrify, jar, jerk, give a jerk, jog, jolt, jounce, reduce, rock, undermine, unsettle
