HyperDic: guillain-barre_syndrome

English > 1 sense of the expression Guillain-Barre syndrome:
NOUNstateGuillain-Barre syndrome, infectious polyneuritis, Landry's paralysisa form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs
English > Guillain-Barre syndrome: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown.
Synonymsinfectious polyneuritis, Landry's paralysis
Broaderpolyneuritis, multiple neuritisinflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy)

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