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Guillain-Barré

Guillain-Barré is the ellipsis of Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Meaning of Guillain-Barré syndrome

Noun

Guillain–Barré syndrome (uncountable)

  1. Rapid-onset muscle weakness, often severe and sometimes fatal, resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function, associated with various viral and other infections.
    Synonyms:
    GBS

Phrases with Guillain-Barré

Questions about Guillain-Barré

What is Guillain-Barré the ellipsis of?
Guillain-Barré is the ellipsis of Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Words near Guillain-Barré in the dictionary

  1. Guilin
  2. guiling
  3. Guilingan
  4. Guill
  5. Guillain
  6. Guillain-Barré
  7. Guillain-Barré syndrome
  8. Guillard
  9. Guillaume
  10. Guillelmite
  11. Guillelmites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Guillain-Barré (page history and authors); Guillain-Barré syndrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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