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Eponyms
Term | Definition |
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Eponym | Disease or condition named after a person or place |
Parkinson's Disease | Named after James Parkinson, British doctor who described the disease in 1817 |
Alzheimer's Disease | Named after Alois Alzheimer, Neuropathologist who studied the disease |
Lou Gehrig's Disease | Named after baseball player who was diagnosed with the disease in 1938 |
Crohn's Disease | Named after Burrill Bernard Crohn, one of the physicians who researched the disease |
Fallopian Tubes | Named after Gabriele Fallopio who discovered the uterine tubes |
Crushing's Disease | Named after Harvey Crushing the neurosurgeon who studied the disease |