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collagen disease

American  

noun

Pathology.
  1. any of a group of diseases, as systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarteritis, scleroderma, and rheumatoid arthritis, involving inflammation or degeneration of connective tissue and accompanied by deposition of fibrinous material.


Etymology

Origin of collagen disease

First recorded in 1940–45


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