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collagen disease

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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of collagen disease1

First recorded in 1940–45

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