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The use of eponyms in medical case reports: etymological, quantitative, and structural analysis [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023 Background The present paper focuses on eponyms, that is, terms with proper names, in particular, derived from world mythologies, the Bible, and modern literature.
Yuliia Lysanets, Olena Bieliaieva
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Trauma eponyms (1837–1950): a comprehensive historical review [PDF]
Journal of Trauma and InjuryTrauma eponyms reflect historical advancements in trauma medicine across various organ systems, often honoring pioneering physicians. These terms trace the evolution of medical understanding, particularly during wartime, though some have been replaced by
Halil Tekiner +3 more
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Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2014 Eponyms are a long-standing tradition in medicine. Eponyms usually involve honoring a prominent physician scientist who played a major role in the identification of the disease. Under the right circumstances, a disease becomes well known through the name
Robert P. Ferguson, Deborah Thomas
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Debating eponyms: History of ear and eye anatomical eponyms
Translational Research in Anatomy, 2023 Structured Abstract: Background: Eponyms have historically been used in different fields like literature, law, and various sciences including medicine. The continued use of eponyms in medicine has been debated for quite some time.
Kevlian Andrew, Sarah Logie, Robert Hage
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Cancer Treatment and Research Communications, 2022 Eponyms have historically been used to honor individual contributions or discoveries in the field of medicine. More recently, some eponyms have been criticized for imprecision or for being misnomers.
Priyanka Kumar +3 more
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Eponyms in Malignant Hematology
Cancer Treatment and Research Communications, 2022 Eponyms have been traditionally used in the field of medicine to honor the contributions of an individual or group of individuals in understanding a disease. However, many eponyms have come under scrutiny given the personal backgrounds of individuals for
Danielle Brazel +3 more
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Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2022 Trichoscopy is a non-invasive scalp and hair dermoscopy. In our daily dermatology practice, many eponyms are used. The present article highlights various eponyms in trichoscopy described in dermatology.
Salecha Akshay Jain +3 more
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Standing Tall on Their Shoulders: Essential Eponyms in Shoulder Surgery [PDF]
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Arthroplasty, 2018 There has been enormous advancement in the field of shoulder surgery since its initial establishment as a subspecialty. This is due in large part to the numerous contributions made by clinicians who came before us.
Diego C Villacis MD +7 more
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Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN, 2013 The paper discusses preliminary results of a comparative onomasiological investigation related to constructing medical eponyms, which correspond to identical denotata, in Spanish, English and Russian languages.
M Yu Chernyshov
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Trends in dermatology eponymsCapsule Summary
JAAD International, 2022 Background: Eponyms are ubiquitous in dermatology; however, their usage trends have not been studied. Objective: To characterize the usage of eponyms in dermatology from 1880 to 2020.
Lin He, MD, PhD +6 more
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