Medical Terminology / Unit 1 MedTerm 0022 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Eponyms
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The idea
An eponym is a medical term named after a person, place, or thing rather than built from word parts.
In practice
Parkinson disease is named for the physician James Parkinson, not assembled from roots.
Where people slip
An eponym carries no decodable meaning. It has to be learned as a name.
Your place on the trail
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