Guillain-Barre syndrome

/bɑr ˌsɪnˈdroʊm/
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Definitions of Guillain-Barre syndrome
  1. noun
    a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown
    synonyms: Landry's paralysis, infectious polyneuritis
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    type of:
    multiple neuritis, polyneuritis
    inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy)
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