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noun
A combination of rheumatoid arthritis and pneumoconiosis that manifests as intrapulmonary nodules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: Caplan disease, rheumatoid pneumoconiosis
Antonyms: none provided
History
Named after Dr. Anthony Caplan, a physician who identified the constellation of findings as a distinct entity in a 1953 publication.
