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chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy(medicine)
chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy(medicine)
acute demyelinating polyneuropathy(medicine)
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arsenical polyneuropathy(medicine)
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Bleed (medicine) and acute inflammatory polyneuropathy (medicine)


Bleed (medicine)


bleed


1. To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.

2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. Bleeds in fevers.

3. To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence. "Caesar must bleed." "The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day." (Pope)

4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision. "For me the balm shall bleed." (Pope)

5. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.

6. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause. To make the heart bleed, to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity.

Origin: OE. Bleden, AS. Bldan, fr. Bld blood; akin to Sw. Bloda, Dan. Blode, D. Bloeden, G. Bluten. See Blood.

1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.

2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap. "A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber." (H. Miller)

3. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund.

Source: Websters Dictionary


acute inflammatory polyneuropathy (medicine)


acute inflammatory polyneuropathy -->
acute idiopathic polyneuritis
<neurology, syndrome> Acute infective polyneuritis that results in a form of peripheral neuropathy with temporary loss of movement and sensation due to inflammation of multiple nerves and loss of myelin.

The exact cause is unknown but has been associated with an abnormal immune response to viral infection, particularly cytomegalovirus infection, in which there is cell-mediated immunity to a component of myelin. The disease may be autoimmune in origin and complete recovery can take up to six months.

Synonym: Guillain-Barre syndrome