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See also B Bebot, Mother of Kenneth John – Bebot Báb, Persian religious leader – Bábism Charles Babbage, British mathematician and inventor – Babbage engine, Babbage Isaac Babbitt, American inventor – Babbitt metal Joseph Babinski, French neurologist – Babinski's sign, Anton–Babinski syndrome, Babinski–Fröhlich syndrome, Babinski–Froment syndrome, Babinski–Nageotte ...
An eponymous adjective is an adjective which has been derived from the name of a person, real or fictional. Persons from whose name the adjectives have been derived are called eponyms. [1] Following is a list of eponymous adjectives in English.
If eponymous names subsequent to the first are sequenced differently or the eponym is differentiated by another term (e.g., disease versus syndrome), alphabetical sequence dictates which is the linked version versus which is listed as the alternative (e.g., Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac is the linked entry and Abderhalden–Lignac–Kaufmann ...
List of organisms named after famous people (born before 1800) List of organisms named after famous people (born 1800–1899) List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949) List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present)
Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient. This list includes other eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e. tests, reflexes, etc.
See also M John Macadam, Scottish-Australian chemist – Macadamia. Ernst Mach, Czech-Austrian physicist – Mach number. Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech novelist and poet – Lake Mácha, in the Czech Republic Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian politician and writer – Machiavellianism. John Macdonald, New Zealand psychologist – Macdonald triad. Charles Macintosh, Scottish inventor – mackintosh ...
An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named. Since many medical conditions, sports moves, bridge and chess techniques, buildings, prizes, and other things have been named after people, these are not included in this category, as categorization on the basis of having been named for a person is considered to be overcategorization ...
An eponym is a noun after which or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. Adjectives derived from the word eponym include eponymous and eponymic. Eponyms are commonly used for time periods, places, innovations, biological nomenclature, astronomical objects, works of art and media, and tribal names.