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Guillain-Barré syndrome

[gee-yan-buh-rey]
noun Pathology.
  1. an uncommon, usually self-limited form of polyneuritis, occurring after a viral illness or immunization and manifested by loss of muscle strength, loss of or altered sensation and sometimes paralysis.
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Origin of Guillain-Barré syndrome

after French physicians Georges Guillain (1876–1961) and Jean Alexandre Barré (1880–1967), who described it
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British Dictionary definitions for guillain-barre syndrome

Guillain-Barré syndrome

noun
  1. an acute neurological disorder, usually following a virus or bacterial infection, that causes progressive muscle weakness and partial paralysis
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Word Origin for Guillain-Barré syndrome

C20: named after Georges Guillain (1876–1961) and Jean Alexandre Barré (1880–1967), French neurologists
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guillain-barre syndrome in Medicine

Guillain-Barré syndrome

(gē-yăn′bə-rā′, gē-yăɴ′-)
n.
  1. acute idiopathic polyneuritis
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