Medical eponyms are terms used in
medicine
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which are named after people (and occasionally places or things). In 1975, the Canadian National Institutes of Health held a conference that discussed the naming of diseases and conditions. This was reported in ''
The Lancet
''The Lancet'' is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind. It is also the world's highest-impact academic journal. It was founded in England in 1823.
The journal publishes original research articles, ...
'' where the conclusion was summarized as: "The possessive use of an eponym should be discontinued, since the author neither had nor owned the disorder."
New discoveries are often attached to the people who made the discovery because of the nature of the
history of medicine
The history of medicine is both a study of medicine throughout history as well as a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to explore and understand medical practices, both past and present, throughout human societies.
More than just histo ...
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List of eponymous diseases
An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a fictional c ...
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List of eponymous fractures
Eponymous fractures and fracture-dislocations are most commonly named after the doctor who first described them. They may also be named after an activity with which they are associated.
Some of these terms are historic.
Notes
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List of eponymous medical signs
Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient. This list includes other eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e ...
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List of eponymous surgical procedures
Eponymous surgical procedures are generally named after the surgeon or surgeons who performed or reported them first. In some instances they are named after the surgeon who popularised them or refined existing procedures, and occasionally are named ...
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List of eponymous tests
Eponymous tests are generally named after the person who first described the test.
See also
* List of eponymously named medical signs
Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first ...
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List of human anatomical parts named after people
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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List of eponymous medical devices
Some medical devices
A medical device is any device intended to be used for medical purposes. Significant potential for hazards are inherent when using a device for medical purposes and thus medical devices must be proved safe and effective ...
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List of eponymous medical treatments
Eponymous medical treatments are generally named after the physician or surgeon
In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern su ...
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List of medical eponyms with Nazi associations
This article lists medical eponyms which have been associated with Nazi human experimentation or Nazi politics. While normally eponyms used in medicine serve to honor the memory of the physician or researcher who first documented a disease or pione ...
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List of orthopaedic eponyms
{{see also, Medical eponyms
Fractures
* Aviator's fracture
* Bankart's fracture
* Barton's fracture
* Bennett's fracture
* Boxer's fracture
* Bumper fracture
* Burst fracture
* Bosworth fracture
* Chance fracture
* Chopart's fracture-dislocatio ...
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List of eponyms in neuroscience,
neurology and neurosurgery
References
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External links
WhoNamedIt.com a dictionary of medical eponyms.
MedEponyms.com a dictionary of
pathology
Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in ...
eponyms.
Eponyms
Medical terminology
medical eponyms
Medical eponyms are terms used in medicine which are named after people (and occasionally places or things). In 1975, the Canadian National Institutes of Health held a conference that discussed the naming of diseases and conditions. This was repo ...