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Eponyms
Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
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Nicotine | “Jean Nicotine sent powered tobacco leaves and seeds back to France when he visited Portugal as an ambassador |
Adam’s Apple | “Adam ate a piece of forbidden fruit from the apple tree, and a part of it got stuck in his throat.” |
Diesel | “Common term for the distillate fuel oil sold for use in motor vehicles that use the compression ignition engine name for its inventor German engineer Rudolf Disel” |
Boycott | “The word is named for an Irish land agent, Captain Charles C. Boycott. A boycott is a withdraw.” |
James Parkinson | Attached to the disease known as Parkinson’s |