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Landry's paralysis

noun Lan·dry's paralysis \ˈlan-drēz-\

Medical Definition of LANDRY'S PARALYSIS

Biographical Note for LANDRY'S PARALYSIS

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 and described Landry's paralysis.

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