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landry's paralysis

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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.
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Landry's paralysis Lan·dry's paralysis (lān'drēz, läɴ-drēz')
n.
See acute ascending paralysis.

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