Guillain-Barré syndrome

English

Etymology

From Georges Guillain and Jean Alexandre Barré, who described the condition in 1916.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡiː.ãˈbær.eɪ ˌsɪn.drəʊm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡiːˈæn bəˈɹeɪ ˈsɪndɹoʊm/, /ɡiːˈɑːn-/, /-bɑɹˈeɪ-/

Noun

Guillain–Barré syndrome (uncountable)

1. (neurology, pathology) Rapid-onset muscle weakness, often severe and sometimes fatal, resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function, associated with various viral and other infections.

Synonyms

• (initialism): GBS

Translations

rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function

• Arabic: مُتْلازِمَة غِيلان بَارِيه f (mutlāzima(t) ḡīlān bārīh)
• Catalan: síndrome de Guillain-Barré f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格林-巴利綜合徵／格林-巴利综合征 (Gélín-Bālì zōnghézhēng)

• Danish: Guillain-Barrés syndrom n
• Dutch: syndroom van Guillain-Barré n
• Esperanto: sindromo de Guillain-Barré
• Finnish: Guillain-Barrén oireyhtymä, polyradikuliitti
• French: syndrome de Guillain-Barré m
• German: Guillain-Barré-Syndrom n
• Hebrew: תסמונת גיאן-בארה f (tismonet Gilen-Bare)
• Hindi: गिल्लन बर्रे सिंड्रोम (gillan barre siṇḍrom)
• Indonesian: sindrom Guillain-Barré
• Irish: siondróm Guillain-Barré m, géarpholaifhréamhán-néarapaite dhímhiailinitheach athlastach f
• Italian: sindrome di Guillain-Barré f
• Japanese: ギラン・バレー症候群 (ギラン・バレーしょうこうぐん, Giran-Barē shōkōgun)
• Luxembourgish: Guillain-Barré-Syndrom n
• Malay: sindrom Guillain-Barré
• Persian: نشانگان گیلن باره (nešânegân-e gilen bâre)
• Polish: zespół Guillaina-Barrégo (pl) m
• Portuguese: síndrome de Guillain-Barré f
• Russian: синдро́м Гийе́на-Барре́ m (sindróm Gijéna-Barré)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Guillain-Barréov sindrom m

• Spanish: síndrome de Guillain-Barré m
• Swedish: Guillain-Barrés syndrom n
• Turkish: Guillain-Barré sendromu
• Vietnamese: hội chứng Guillain-Barré