dementia pugilistica
(redirected from Boxer's syndrome)boxer's dementia
dementia resulting from cumulative damage sustained over some years in boxing, with slowed thought, memory loss, dysarthria, and other movement disorders.
Synonym(s): dementia pugilistica
dementia pugilistica
(pyo͞o′jə-lĭs′tĭ-kə)n.
A condition seen especially in boxers, caused by repeated cerebral concussions and characterized by weakness in the lower limbs, unsteadiness of gait, slowness of muscular movements, hand tremors, hesitancy of speech, and cognitive impairment.
dementia pugilistica
Traumatic dementia, i.e., encephalopathy or an organic brain syndrome caused by closed head injury. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as “boxer's brain.”
See also: dementia