Landry paralysis
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Landry paralysis (syndrome) — Lan·dry paralysis (syndrome) (lah dreґ) [Jean Baptiste Octave Landry, French physician, 1826–1865] Guillain Barrй syndrome … Medical dictionary
Landry's paralysis — Lan·dry s paralysis lan drēz n GUILLAIN BARRÉ SYNDROME Lan·dry län drē Jean Baptiste Octave (1826 1865) French physician. Landry published a treatise on diseases of the nervous system in 1855. Four years later he produced a treatise on paralyses… … Medical dictionary
Landry's paralysis — noun a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown • Syn: ↑Guillain Barre syndrome, ↑infectious polyneuritis • Hypernyms: ↑polyneuritis, ↑multiple neuritis * * *… … Useful english dictionary
Paralysis — Loss of voluntary movement (motor function). Paralysis that affects only one muscle or limb is partial paralysis, also known as palsy; paralysis of all muscles is total paralysis, as may occur in cases of botulism. * * * 1. Loss of power of… … Medical dictionary
Landry’s ascending paralysis — A particularly virulent form of Guillain Barre syndrome. The disorder often begins with a flu like illness that brings on general physical weakness, but is then characterized by rapidly progressing paralysis that starts in the legs and arms, and… … Medical dictionary
Landry — Jean B.O., French physician, 1826–1865. See L. paralysis, L. syndrome, L. Guillain Barré syndrome … Medical dictionary
Kussmaul paralysis — Kussmaul Landry paralysis Guillain Barrй syndrome … Medical dictionary
Jean Landry (physician) — Jean Baptiste Octave Landry de Thézillat (b. October 10, 1826 ndash; d. October 1865) was a French physician and medical researcher. He is credited with discovering the paralytic disease Guillain Barré syndrome (also known as Landry s ascending… … Wikipedia
Паралич Ландри (Landry'S Paralysis) — быстро прогрессирующая форма синдрома Гийена Источник: Медицинский словарь … Медицинские термины
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
