Landry's paralysis

Landry's paralysis
noun
a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown
Hypernyms: ↑polyneuritis, ↑multiple neuritis

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\\ˈlandrēz-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized L
Etymology: after Jean Baptiste Landry died 1865 French physician
: motor paralysis beginning in the legs and rapidly extending to the trunk and arms and finally to the muscles of respiration : acute ascending paralysis

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