MERS

American  

[murz] / mɜrz /

noun

Pathology.

1. Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.

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Etymology

Origin of MERS

First recorded in 2010–15

Example Sentences

Those illiquid holdings make up an average 20% of smaller funds like MERS.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

The long list of so-called zoonotic transmissions includes Ebola, SARS-1, MERS, Lyme disease and most likely, SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2024

That followed a $335-million deal for Simplifile in 2019, and the acquisition of MERS, in which ICE took a majority stake in 2016 and bought outright in 2018.

From Reuters • Mar. 9, 2023

They involve eight institutions in the United States, most studying flu, SARS, and MERS.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 18, 2022

So-called “spillover events” occur in nature, and there are at least two coronaviruses that evolved in bats and caused human epidemics, SARS1 and MERS.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2022