"SARS" meaning in English

See SARS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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  1. (Nigeria, law enforcement) Initialism of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a Nigerian police unit known for police brutality and corruption Tags: Nigeria, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Special Anti-Robbery Squad (extra: a Nigerian police unit known for police brutality and corruption) Categories (topical): Law enforcement
  2. (South Africa) Initialism of South African Revenue Service. Tags: South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: South African Revenue Service Categories (topical): Coronavirus
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: MERS, COVID-19

Noun

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  1. (medicine) Acronym of severe acute respiratory syndrome; also Sars. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: severe acute respiratory syndrome (extra: also Sars) Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: SARS mask Translations (severe acute respiratory syndrome): 沙士 (alt: saa¹ si⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 非典 (fēidiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), SARS (Chinese Mandarin), SARS [feminine, neuter] (Dutch), SARS (Finnish), SRAS [masculine] (French), SARS (German), súlyos akut légzőszervi szindróma (Hungarian), サーズ (sāzu) (Japanese), 사스 (saseu) (Korean), 싸스 (ssaseu) (Korean), SARS [feminine] (Portuguese), SRAS [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-SARS-en-noun-czURNC-z Topics: medicine, sciences
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        "Initialism of South African Revenue Service."
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}

Download raw JSONL data for SARS meaning in English (6.9kB)

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