Phrase guide

Guillain-Barré syndrome

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡiː.ãˈbær.eɪ ˌsɪn.drəʊm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ɡiːˈæn bəˈɹeɪ ˈsɪndɹoʊm/
  • US: /ɡiːˈɑːn-/
  • US: /-bɑɹˈeɪ-/

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتْلازِمَة غِيلان بَارِيه — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Catalan: síndrome de Guillain-Barré — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Chinese Mandarin: 格林-巴利綜合徵 /格林-巴利综合征 (Gélín-Bālì zōnghézhēng) — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Danish: Guillain-Barrés syndrom — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Dutch: syndroom van Guillain-Barré — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Esperanto: sindromo de Guillain-Barré — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Finnish: Guillain-Barrén oireyhtymä — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Finnish: polyradikuliitti — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • French: syndrome de Guillain-Barré — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • German: Guillain-Barré-Syndrom — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Hebrew: תסמונת גיאן־בארה (tismonet Gilen-Bare) — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Hindi: गिल्लन बर्रे सिंड्रोम (gillan barre siṇḍrom) — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Indonesian: sindrom Guillain-Barré — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Irish: siondróm Guillain-Barré — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Irish: géarpholaifhréamhán-néarapaite dhímhiailinitheach athlastach — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Italian: sindrome di Guillain-Barré — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Japanese: ギラン・バレー症候群 (Giran-Barē shōkōgun) — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Luxembourgish: Guillain-Barré-Syndrom — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Malay: sindrom Guillain-Barré — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Persian: نشانگان گیلن باره (nešânegân-e gilen bâre) — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Polish: zespół Guillaina-Barrégo — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Portuguese: síndrome de Guillain-Barré — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Russian: синдро́м Гийе́на-Барре́ (sindróm Gijjéna-Barré) — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Serbo-Croatian: Guillain-Barréov sindrom — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Spanish: síndrome de Guillain-Barré — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Swedish: Guillain-Barrés syndrom — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Turkish: Guillain-Barré sendromu — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function
  • Vietnamese: hội chứng Guillain-Barré — rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function