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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

síndrome de Guillain-Barré

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈsĩdɾomi dʒi ɡiˈlɛ̃ baˈʁe/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Guillain-Barré Syndrome/ˌɡiː.jæn bɑːˈreɪ ˈsɪn.droʊm/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Muitos pacientes recuperam-se totalmente da síndrome de Guillain-Barré."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A rare neurological disorder in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks part of its peripheral nervous system, leading to muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis.

    "Following a mild respiratory infection, the patient was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome and admitted for monitoring."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Named after the French neurologists Georges Guillain and Jean Barré, who, along with André Strohl, identified the condition in 1916. The term combines their surnames with 'syndrome', derived from the Greek syn- ('together') and dramein ('to run').

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🇫🇷French → English

syndrome de Guillain-Barré

Transliteration: /sɛ̃.dʁom də ɡi.jɛ̃ ba.ʁe/

"Le syndrome de Guillain-Barré nécessite une hospitalisation urgente."

🇩🇪German → English

Guillain-Barré-Syndrom

Transliteration: /ɡiˈjɛ̃ baˈʁeː zʏnˌdʁoːm/

"Das Guillain-Barré-Syndrom ist eine seltene Erkrankung des Nervensystems."

🇮🇹Italian → English

sindrome di Guillain-Barré

Transliteration: /ˈsindrome di ɡiˈjɛ̃ baˈre/

"I sintomi della sindrome di Guillain-Barré includono debolezza muscolare."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

síndrome de Guillain-Barré

Transliteration: /ˈsindɾome de ɡiˈʝan baˈre/

"El síndrome de Guillain-Barré afecta los nervios periféricos."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

síndrome de Guillain-Barré

Transliteration: /ˈsĩdɾomi dʒi ɡiˈlɛ̃ baˈʁe/

"Muitos pacientes recuperam-se totalmente da síndrome de Guillain-Barré."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

गिलेन-बैरी सिंड्रोम

Transliteration: gilen-bairi sindrom

"गिलेन-बैरी सिंड्रोम तंत्रिका तंत्र को प्रभावित करता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

吉兰-巴雷综合征

Transliteration: jí lán bā léi zǒng hé zhēng

"吉兰-巴雷综合征是一种罕见的自身免疫性疾病。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

길랭-바레 증후군

Transliteration: gillang-bare jeun-hugun

"길랭-바레 증후군은 말초신경계에 영향을 미치는 질환입니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

ギラン・バレー症候群

Transliteration: giran barē shōkōgun

"ギラン・バレー症候群は免疫系が末梢神経を攻撃する病気です。"

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