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CTE
[ see-tee-ee ]
abbreviation for
- 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. Also called dementia pugilistica.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of CTE1
First recorded in 1945–50.
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