chronic traumatic encephalopathy

English

Noun

chronic traumatic encephalopathy (plural chronic traumatic encephalopathies)

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.

Synonyms

• (brain injury): CTE, dementia pugilistica, punch drunk syndrome

Coordinate terms

• second impact syndrome
• post-concussion syndrome

Derived terms

• CTE (abbreviation)

Further reading

• chronic traumatic encephalopathy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia