guillain-barre syndrome

1. 1.

   a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown

   Synonymsinfectious polyneuritisLandry's paralysis

   Broaderpolyneuritis

Questions about guillain-barre syndrome

What does guillain-barre syndrome mean?

guillain-barre syndrome means "a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown".

What is another word for guillain-barre syndrome?

Close synonyms include infectious polyneuritis, Landry's paralysis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.