CTE
[ see-tee-ee ]
abbreviation, noun
chronic traumatic encephalopathy: a progressive degenerative neurological disease caused by repeated cerebral concussion or milder traumatic brain injury and characterized by memory loss, behavioral disturbances, speech problems, slowed movement, etc. The disease was first identified in boxers.
Origin of CTE
1First recorded in 1945–50 for chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- Also called dementia pugilistica .
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How to use CTE in a sentence
Of course the participants of the sport are at higher risk for the cumulative effects of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
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