chronic traumatic encephalopathy

== English == === Noun === chronic traumatic encephalopathy (plural chronic traumatic encephalopathies) (medicine, pathology, neurology) A progressive degenerative disease found in individuals who have been subjected to multiple concussions and other forms of head injury. Synonyms: (initialism) CTE, dementia pugilistica, punch drunk syndrome Coordinate terms: second impact syndrome, post-concussion syndrome === Further reading === chronic traumatic encephalopathy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia