GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME


Meaning of GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME in English

/gee yan"beuh ray"/ , Pathol.

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.

[ after French physicians Georges Guillain (1876-1961) and Jean Alexandre Barré (1880-1967), who described it ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .