| boxer's encephalopathy |
boxer's traumatic encephalopathy, a syndrome due to cumulative head blows absorbed in the boxing ring, characterized by general slowing of mental function, occasional bouts of confusion, and scattered memory loss. It may progress to the more serious boxer's dementia. Called also traumatic e. Cf. postconcussional syndrome.
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