dementia pugilistica; boxer's dementia; punch-drunk syndrome
Medical term for chronic traumatic encephalopathy in boxers. In everyday Japanese, the loanword パンチドランカー is overwhelmingly preferred; this kanji form is rare and technical.
See also: パンチドランカー
Dementia pugilistica is a medical term for chronic brain damage caused by boxing.
Common loanword for a boxer suffering from punch-drunk syndrome; 拳闘家痴呆 is the formal medical term, rarely used in conversation.
Compound of 拳闘家 (boxer) + 痴呆 (dementia). A direct translation of the English medical term 'dementia pugilistica'.