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Guillain-Barré syndrome

(gē lan′bä rā′, -lan′-)

an acute neurological disorder of unknown cause, involving partial paralysis of several muscle groups and occurring rarely after certain viral infections and vaccinations

Origin: after G. Guillain & J. Barré, 20th-c. Fr neurologists

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