chronic traumatic encephalopathy
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
chronic traumatic encephalopathy (plural chronic traumatic encephalopathies)
- (pathology, neurology) a form of traumatic brain injury; it is a progressive degenerative disease found in individuals who have been subjected to multiple concussions and other forms of head injury.
Synonyms[edit]
- (brain injury): CTE, dementia pugilistica, punch drunk syndrome
Coordinate terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- CTE (abbreviation)
Further reading[edit]
- chronic traumatic encephalopathy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia