English Explanatory Dictionary

Caplan's syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A combination of rheumatoid arthritis and pneumoconiosis that manifests as intrapulmonary nodules.

Word forms

Caplan's syndrome

Etymology

Named after Dr. Anthony Caplan, a physician who identified the constellation of findings as a distinct entity in a 1953 publication.

Synonyms

Caplan disease rheumatoid pneumoconiosis
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