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postconcussive en · ADJ

Etymology

From post- + concussive.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Postconcussion.
   • Because he was coincidentally situated in Pittsburgh, he had examined the brains of two former Pittsburgh Steelers players who were discovered to have had postconcussive brain dysfunction: Mike Webster, who became homeless and cognitively impaired before dying of heart failure in 2002; and Terry Long, who committed suicide in 2005. 2007 January 18, Alan Schwarz, “Expert Ties Ex-Player’s Suicide to Brain Damage”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2022:

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