Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Lan·dry's paralysis Pronunciation:
'lan-drEz- Function:
noun : GUILLAIN-BARR{EACUTE} SYNDROME Lanádry /län-drE,/ Jean–Baptiste–Octave (1826–1865), French physician. Landrypublished a treatise on diseases of the nervous system in 1855. Four years later he produced a treatise on paralyses and described Landry's paralysis.