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guillain-barré syndrome

/ɡiːˈæn bəˈɹeɪ ˈsɪndɹoʊm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
guil-lain-bar-re syn-drome
IPA
/ɡiːˈæn bəˈɹeɪ ˈsɪndɹoʊm/
29
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɡiːˈæn bəˈɹeɪ ˈsɪndɹoʊm/
  • British English: /ˈɡiː.ãˈbær.eɪ ˌsɪn.drəʊm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Guillain–Barré syndrome (canonical)

Synonyms

GBS

Questions

How do you pronounce guillain-barré syndrome?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡiːˈæn bəˈɹeɪ ˈsɪndɹoʊm/.
What does guillain-barré syndrome mean?
Rapid-onset muscle weakness, often severe and sometimes fatal, resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function, associated with various viral and other infections.
Where does guillain-barré syndrome come from?
From Georges Guillain and Jean Alexandre Barré, who described the condition in 1916.

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