Look up: eponym


  1. Eponym
    [disambiguation] An eponym is a name that originates from that of some person (real or fictional). Additionally, in English the term "eponymous" is often used to mean "self-titled." "Eponymous" may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym_(disambiguation)

  2. eponym
    [n] - the name of a person for whom something is supposedly named 2. [n] - a name derived from the name of person (real or imaginary) as the name of Alexandria is derived from the name of its founder: Alexander the Great
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=eponym

  3. Eponym
    Means `named after` i.e. a word or term deriving from the name of a person or place or some other `proper noun` e.g. - Alzheimer disease - Named after a German doctor called Alzheimer - Pasteurisation - Named after Louis Pasteur, a French microbiologist - Nicotine - Named after Dr Nicot, who introdu...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  4. Eponym
    Eponym: Something named after someone. For example, a condition called Shiel's syndrome might be named after someone named Shiel who discovered it or described and clearly delineated it.
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=3294

  5. eponym
    Something named after someone. For example, a condition called Shiel's syndrome might be named after someone named Shiel who discovered it or described and clearly delineated it. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?eponym

  6. eponym
    noun the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); `Down`s syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=eponym

  7. Eponym
    • (n.) Alt. of Eponyme
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/eponym/

  8. eponym
    one for whom or which something is or is believed to be named. The word can refer, for example, to the usually mythical ancestor or totem animal or ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/38

  9. eponym
    eponym 1. Someone who gives, or is supposed to give, his/her name to a people, place, or institution; e.g. among the Greeks, the heroes who were looked upon as ancestors or founders of tribes or cities. Also in Latin form eponymus. 2. A name from which another name or word is derived; such as, 'san...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2565/4

  10. Eponym
    An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named.{citation needed|date=January 2012} One who is referred to as eponymous is someone who gives his or her name to something, e.g...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym

  11. eponym
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ep′ō-nim Definitions: 1. The name of a disease, structure, operation, or procedure, usually derived from the name of the person who discovered or described it first.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=30021

  12. Eponym
    a word that is derived from a name. Examples: Elizabethan, McCarthyism.
    Found op http://www.babynames.com/Names/glossary.php

  13. eponym
    1) Amp
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/eponym/1

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