A name honouring a person (though not necessarily repeating the subject\u2019s name).<\/p>\n
A procedure, disease or part of the body which is named after a person.<\/p>\n
Name for a structure, condition, or process that includes or is formed from the name of a person (e.g., Meniere\u2019s disease, Parkinsonism).<\/p>\n
A disease, structure, or species named after a particular person, usually the person who first discovered or described it. Eponyms are widespread in medicine, but they are being replaced as more descriptive terms become necessary. Thus the eponyms islets of Langerhans, aqueduct of Sylvius, and Hashimoto’s disease are more likely to be designated in text books as pancreatic islands, cerebral aqueduct, and autoimmune thyroiditis, respectively.<\/p>\n
A species, structure or disorder named after a particular individual, customarily the one who first described or discovered it. The use of eponyms has been widespread in medicine, but more descriptive \u2014 and so more practical \u2014 terms are replacing them.<\/p>\n
A name for anything (disease, organ, function, place) adapted from the name of a particular person or sometimes a geographical location (e.g., Haverhill fever, Lyme disease).<\/p>\n
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