SARS

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === SARS (uncountable) (medicine) Acronym of severe acute respiratory syndrome; also Sars. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2, SARSr-CoV → Chinese: SARS → Finnish: SARS → German: SARS → Portuguese: SARS ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === SARS (Nigeria, law enforcement) Initialism of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a Nigerian police unit known for police brutality and corruption. (South Africa) Initialism of South African Revenue Service. === See also === MERS COVID-19 === Anagrams === SSRA, Sras., SRAs, ASSR, RSAs == Chinese == === Etymology === From English SARS. === Pronunciation === === Noun === SARS (medicine, pathology, virology) SARS (“severe acute respiratory syndrome”) (a disease) (medicine, pathology, virology, informal) SARS-CoV-1 (the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS) (medicine, pathology, virology, informal) SARSr-CoV (the virus species that contains the SARS virus) ==== Synonyms ==== Cantonese: 沙士 (saa1 si6-2) Mandarin: 非典 (fēidiǎn) == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English SARS. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɑrs/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝rs̠] Rhymes: -ɑrs Syllabification(key): SARS Hyphenation(key): SARS === Noun === SARS (medicine, pathology, virology) SARS: severe acute respiratory syndrome ==== Usage notes ==== The "severe acute respiratory syndrome" translates into Finnish as äkillinen vakava hengitystieoireyhtymä, but the term is seldom used. Usually the English initialism SARS is used as the Finnish name of this illness. An individual occurrence of SARS may be referred to as SARS-tapaus. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== SARS-keuhkokuume