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chronic traumatic encephalopathy en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A progressive degenerative disease found in individuals who have been subjected to multiple concussions and other forms of head injury.
    • Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. 2020 January 26, Leah Asmelash, “Why traumatic brain injuries can be dangerous”, in CNN:

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Coordinates

post-concussion syndrome · second impact syndrome

Synonyms

dementia pugilistica · punch drunk syndrome · CTE