Medical eponyms are terms used in
medicine
Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...
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. The conclusion, as summarized in ''
The Lancet
''The Lancet'' is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal, founded in England in 1823. It is one of the world's highest-impact academic journals and also one of the oldest medical journals still in publication.
The journal publishes ...
'', was this: "The possessive use of an eponym should be discontinued, since the author neither had nor owned the disorder."
However, 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.
The history of med ...
, new discoveries are often referred to using the name of the people who initially made the discovery.
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List of eponymous diseases
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List of eponymous fractures
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List of eponymous medical devices
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List of eponymous medical signs
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List of eponymous medical treatments
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List of eponymous surgical procedures
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List of eponymous tests
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List of human anatomical parts named after people
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List of medical eponyms with Nazi associations
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List of orthopaedic eponyms
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List of eponyms in neuroscience,
neurology and neurosurgery
References
External links
* {{Commons category-inline, Diseases and disorders named after people
WhoNamedIt.com a dictionary of medical eponyms.
MedEponyms.com a dictionary of
pathology
Pathology is the study of disease. 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 the context of modern medical treatme ...
eponyms.
Medical terminology
medical eponyms