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A capronym is a portmanteau of capitalization and acronym.
Often a writer thinks that words used in an acronym should be capitalized, for example matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) is written as "Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization" even though none of the words are proper nouns.
