"chronic traumatic encephalopathy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chronic traumatic encephalopathies [plural]
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  1. (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. Categories (topical): Neurology, Pathology Synonyms (brain injury): CTE, dementia pugilistica, punch drunk syndrome Derived forms: CTE [abbreviation] Coordinate_terms: second impact syndrome, post-concussion syndrome
    Sense id: en-chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy-en-noun-tdfagARw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, pathology, sciences

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