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the person for whom something is named

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the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)

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401; emphasis added) This eponym, also named the Auenbrugger sign, refers to the presence of dullness in Traube's space due to a large pericardial effusion caused by the descent of the left lobe of the liver (Table 1) (6).
(The scribes may have been inconsistent on occasion, for the eponym Sa-Nabu-su appears in Aramaic as snbws [D7.14, cf.
Grave disease, on the other hand, poses a special dilemma because when the query is entered as the non-possessive form, the eponym "Grave" can be misinterpreted as a descriptive term by the database to mean a grave (i.e., serious) disease instead of the actual pathology.
(2) The disorder was further elaborated and delineated as a distinct clinico-pathological entity by Biemond (1957) and Boder and Sedgwick (1957); these latter authors suggested the name Ataxia-telangiectasia and Centerwall and Meller (1958) proposed the eponym Louis-Bar Syndrome.
In honor of his contributions to the study of Chagas disease vectors, Ryckman was honored with an eponym in 1972: Triatoma ryckmani, a rare species from Central America (14).
Which Scandinavian politician's name became an eponym for a traitor?
Insofar as the title is an eponym of the last poem in the book, both title and poem frame the collection, giving it a circular shape from beginning to end.
(1) The eponym referring to congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts was suggested by Howard and Davenport in 1997 in recognition of Abernethy.
Scientists interested in the origins of species names in general and sharks in particular will relish Sharks: An Eponym Dictionary, with its attention to covering the vernacular and scientific names of sharks and their relatives.
The beautifully crafted collection is an eponym of Nouf Nasser Al-Meer, artist, designer and entrepreneur of the luxurious label, a statement said.
Which man, whose name is now an eponym, led the disastrous charge of the Light Brigade?
The eponym "Amyand hernia" was first suggested by Creese in 1953, then by Hiatt and Hiatt in 1988, followed by Hutchinson in 1993, in honor of Claudius Amyand (1680-1740) who performed appendectomy in an 11-year-old boy having perforated appendix as a content of inguinal hernia in 1735.
For Brun, Demons' syndrome should include benign genital tumors, the Demons-Meigs eponym must be reserved for the description of ovarian fibromas and granulosa cell tumors, and the Demons' pseudosyndrome for all other entities (1).