Eponyms
An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives derived from eponym include eponymous and eponymic.
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CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 26 May 2022 English
Reynolds Now that I was a surgery resident, in roots, and how the etymology informs pentad, use of eponyms to honour the con- an environment with a paucity of non- other medical terms, such as “creatinine …
and how the etymology informs pentad, use of eponyms to honour the con- an environment with a paucity …
CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 29 October 2020 English
Osler held authoritative positions in medicine around the turn of the twentieth century.3 He was the first physician-in- chief of Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he helped to expand the role …
have passed a motion in favour of dropping Osler eponyms.1,2 We examine Osler’s treat- ment of racialized … who made up the medical 2. Motion regarding the eponyms of Sir William Osler — motion relative aux éponymes … wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Motion-regarding-the -eponyms-of-Sir-William-Osler-2019.pdf (accessed period …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 11 July 2019 English
For Indigenous students and teachers alike, formal teaching and learning occurs in contested places. In Indigenous Education, leading scholars in contemporary Indigenous education from North America and the Pacific Islands …
OLIVEIRA 9 What’s in a Name? 189 Contested Eponyms SPENCER LILLEY 10 Contested Spaces of Indigenization …
Canadian Association of Internes and Residents · 15 March 2017 English
Our patients range from being healthy and well compensated in the outpatient setting to being extremely sick and on the brink of death in the ICU. [...] Truthfully though, the …
over. It also helps to have a great phone app for eponyms! There is amazing pathophysiology within the field …
CAEP: Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians · 2014 English
criteria pale only in comparison with the lists of eponyms and acronyms to which they are assigned. When that …
MUHC: McGill University Health Centre Technology Assessment Unit · 29 October 2013 English
It is a preliminary search carried out to support a decision as to whether to undertake a report, to decide on the type of report, to prepare for a meeting …
regional variations in terminology and spelling Eponyms may be required (particularly if the search is …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 4 May 2013 English
The story of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, is the story of early Canada. The story of Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (1767-1820) is also a story of early …
time, but there are numerous possibilities in the eponyms of Canada. A romantic possibility could be found …
Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy · 13 August 2010 English
This is reflected in the wide range of disciplinary approaches in these essays: from a com- modity-chain analysis of the “Gate Bottle” during the prohibition era, to an analysis of …
the shape and design be one of the legendary eponyms for the expression “The Real McCoy,” still in use …
UCP: University of Calgary Press · 2007 English
Enlightenment philosophers are often credited with formulating challenging theories about humankind and society, and in our postmodern age, we still live with some of the very same compelling, contentious, and …
historical obligation to democratic politics. His eponyms for the two sides of the schism are Kant and Hegel …
UTP: University of Toronto Press · 2005 English
Clio in the Clinic shows how knowledge of history can shape a physician's view of the profession and how it can be a surprising asset at the bedside for diagnosis …
of challenges. In the stories of my teachers, eponyms became living men and centuries-old problems arose …