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eponym
Also known as eponymous
thumb|The mythological Greek hero Orion (mythology)|Orion is the eponym of the constellation Orion, shown here, and thus indirectly of the Orion spacecraft.
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An eponym is a person (often mythological or historical) after whom something else is named. Understanding eponyms helps us see the connections between names and their origins—for example, the constellation Orion is named after a figure from Greek mythology, which is why NASA's spacecraft also carries that name.
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Research
3,200 papers- Parkinson's eponym.The Lancet. Neurology · 2024Weatherall MDOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00323-X
- Eponym: Papillon-Lefevre syndrome.ReviewEuropean journal of pediatrics · 2011Dalgıc B, Bukulmez A, Sarı SDOI: 10.1007/s00431-010-1367-4
- Eponym: Johanson-Blizzard syndrome.ReviewEuropean journal of pediatrics · 2011Rezaei N, Sabbaghian M, Liu Z et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00431-010-1240-5
- Eponym. Kostmann disease.ReviewEuropean journal of pediatrics · 2010Aytekin C, Germeshausen M, Tuygun N et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00431-010-1149-z
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Usage of the word
- History
- Other eponyms
- Orthographic conventions
- Capitalized versus lowercase
- Genitive versus attributive
- National varieties of English
- Comparison table of eponym orthographic styling
- Lists of eponyms
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|The mythological Greek hero Orion (mythology)|Orion is the eponym of the constellation Orion, shown here, and thus indirectly of the Orion spacecraft.
An eponym is a noun after which or for which someone or something is named. Adjectives derived from the word eponym include eponymous and eponymic.