infectious polyneuritis

Definitions of infectious polyneuritis
  1. noun
    a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown
    synonyms: Guillain-Barre syndrome, Landry's paralysis
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    type of:
    multiple neuritis, polyneuritis
    inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy)
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