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eponym

Place name, name of a people, or any other name derived from the name of a real or mythical person, for example Athens (from the goddess Athena); also the person who gives his or her name in this way.



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The other major difference is the authors' decision to eliminate the use of possessive eponyms, which is consistent with current usage in medical dictionaries, by the American Association for Medical Transcription, and by the American Medical Association.
Our obsession with geographic eponyms for a disease of worldwide distribution is best illustrated by Russian, or later red influenza or red flu, which first came to attention in November 1977, in the Soviet Union.
color) Hulk, the eponym of ``The Hulk,'' is scaring off some Marvel Enterprises Inc.
 
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