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MERS
[ murz ]
noun
- 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.
Word History and Origins
Origin of MERS1
Example Sentences
While not considered remotely as “scary” as Ebola, MERS, or HIV, it is still a sexually transmitted infection.
The animal reservoir for SARS is bats, whereas the reservoir for MERS is primarily camels.
The first U.S. case of MERS landed in Indiana—smack-dab in the heartland.
MERS conjures frightening memories of the 2003 SARS outbreak that originated in Hong Kong.
It is important to note that the majority of secondary cases are healthcare workers exposed to patients sick with MERS.
And so we kairs, and so we kairs; The baulo in the rarde mers; We mang him on the saulo, And rig to the tan the baulo.
Mémoire sur deux nouvelles espèces de Volutes des mers de la Nouvelle Hollande.
Likewise in the Mers land of Lincolnshire it did passing great hurt, bringing all the countrie into water.
Trport and Mers are the last two resorts on the Norman coast.
The house occupied by him at Mers (Maison Robert) was the last of the straggling village, and stood on a rising cliff.
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