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.
Also called connective tissue disease.

Origin of collagen disease

First recorded in 1940–45

Medical definitions for collagen disease

collagen disease

n.

Any of a group of inflammatory, often autoimmune diseases affecting connective tissue, including lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, polyarteritis nodosa, scleroderma and dermatomyositis. collagenosis collagen vascular disease