Guillain-Barre Syndrome Definition

gē-yănbə-rā
noun
An acute neurological disorder of unknown cause, involving partial paralysis of several muscle groups and occurring rarely after certain viral infections and vaccinations.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Landry's paralysis
  • infectious polyneuritis

Origin of Guillain-Barre Syndrome

  • After Georges Guillain (1876–1961) and Jean Alexandre Barré (1880–1967), French neurologists

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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