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collagen disease
noun
, Pathology.
- 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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of collagen disease1
First recorded in 1940–45
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