chronic traumatic encephalopathy

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Noun

chronic traumatic encephalopathy (plural chronic traumatic encephalopathies)

  1. (medicine, pathology, neurology) A progressive degenerative disease found in individuals who have been subjected to multiple concussions and other forms of head injury.
    Synonyms: (initialism) CTE, dementia pugilistica, punch drunk syndrome
    Coordinate terms: second impact syndrome, post-concussion syndrome
    • 2020 January 26, Leah Asmelash, “Why traumatic brain injuries can be dangerous”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

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