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dementia pugilistica

dementia pugilistica noun: a neurodegenerative disease or dementia associated with repeated concussions, as in boxers.

Noun

dementia pugilistica (uncountable)

  1. A neurodegenerative disease or dementia associated with repeated concussions, as in boxers.

Synonyms of dementia pugilistica

Origin of dementia pugilistica

From Latin dementia pugilistica (“boxer's madness”).

Questions about dementia pugilistica

What does dementia pugilistica mean?
Dementia pugilistica means a neurodegenerative disease or dementia associated with repeated concussions, as in boxers.
What part of speech is dementia pugilistica?
Dementia pugilistica is a noun.

Words near dementia pugilistica in the dictionary

  1. Dementia Don
  2. dementia infantilis
  3. dementia paralytica
  4. dementia praecox
  5. dementia precox
  6. dementia pugilistica
  7. dementiae
  8. dementiae praecoces
  9. demential
  10. dementialike
  11. dementias

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