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I was watching a video <https://youtu.be/XUK7ORYBgIs?t=235> until a Japanese
vlogger stumbled on reading the phrase:

> SARS様ウィルス

The phrase itself seems pretty widespread and even Wikipedia mentions it
<https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%8D%E7%97%87%E6%80%A5%E6%80%A7%E5%91%BC%E5%90%B8%E5%99%A8%E7%97%87%E5%80%99%E7%BE%A4>

If I encountered this, I would go with よう not さま.

What is the correct reading?
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Reading of 様 in SARS様ウィルス
A YouTube comment on the video with 42 thumbs-up says:

> 様(よう)  
>  「〜のような」  
>  例:風邪様症状「風邪のような症状」

Then I looked for `"風邪様" 読み方` on Google and found [this Yahoo
Q&A](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1410552659)

> **Q:** 「風邪様」症状の読み方を教えてください。
>
> **A:** 「かぜよう」＝風邪のような。風邪に似たの意です。

So this kind of “disease suffix 様” seems to be generally read as よう (which
also makes a lot more sense to me at least :)).

Oh, and jisho.org lists:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6bopj.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6bopj.png)
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