HyperDic: landry[s_paralysis

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

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