Women Pioneers
Women Pioneers and their eponymous terms
Eponymous women in medicine. Searchable database of female eponyms recording historical signs, syndromes, conditions, procedures and classifications eponymously named. We review 3500 *common eponyms, the person behind their origin, history, accuracy, relevance today.
- Stuart-Smith J, Scott K, Johnston M. Where are all the Women? LITFL 2020
Further reading
- Eponymictionary is a searchable database of >1000 eponymous terms in medicine
- Eponymythology series explores modern nosology behind common eponym clusters
- De-eponymification of 700 anatomical, histological and embryological eponyms
| Eponym | Eponymous Term | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSSART, Yvonne | Parvovirus B19 (1975) | 1934 | 2014 | Australian, Australia, Aussie, Ozzie | virologist | hepatitis, fifth disease, erythema infectiosum, hepatitis B, HBV, HPV, B19 |
| ROBERTS, Mona Dew | Mona Roberts Airway (1916) | 1878 | 1939 | Wales, Welsh, Cymru | anesthetist, anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anaesthesiologist | oropharyngeal airway, OPA, airway, obstetrics, ether |
| WHITE, Priscilla | White Classification of Diabetes in Pregnancy (1949) | 1900 | 1989 | USA, America, American | physician, obstetrical physician | diabetes, gestational, pregnancy, fetal mortality, maternal mortality, foetal mortality, pre-gestational, pregestational, |
| WILLIAMS, Anna Wessels | Park-Williams bacillus (1894); Williams stain (1905); Park-Williams fixative | 1863 | 1954 | USA, America, American | bacteriologist, immunologist | trachoma, rabies, diphtheria, antitoxin |
| VAN LOHUIZEN, Cato H J | Van Lohuizen syndrome (1922) | 1893 | 1937 | Dutch, Holland, Netherlands, Nederlands | pediatric paediatrician | Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita (CMTC) |
| LAXOVA, Renata | Neu-Laxová syndrome (1971) | 1931 | Czech, čeština, Tschechisch | Paediatric geneticist | holocaust, nicholas winton, Polgar, PHGDH, ichthyosis, marked intrauterine growth restriction, microcephaly, short neck, central nervous system anomalies, lissencephaly | |
| IMERSLUND, Olga | Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome (1960) | 1907 | 1987 | Norway, Norge, Norwegian | Paediatrician | Juvenile megaloblastic anaemia, Megaloblastic anaemia 1 (MGA 1), Imerslund anaemia, Selective vitamin B12 (cobalamin) malabsorption with proteinuria |
| LARSEN, Ingegerd Frøyshov | Hansen-Larsen-Berg syndrome (1976) | 1937 | Norway, Norge, Norwegian | Physician | total color blindness, progressive cone dystrophy, degenerative liver disease, endocrine dysfunction, Retinohepatoendocrinologic | |
| BELL, Julia | Martin-Bell syndrome (1943) | 1879 | 1879 | England, English, UK, British | Physician | |
| LYON, Mary Frances | Lyon hypothesis (1961), Lyonisation (1963) | 1925 | 2014 | England, English, UK, British | Cytogeneticist | |
| HALL, Judith Goslin | Hall-Pallister syndrome (1980), Hall type of pseudoachondroplasia | 1939 | USA, America, American | Geneticist and paediatrician | Pallister-Hall syndrome, achondroplasia | |
| FORBES, Anne Pappenheimer | Forbes-Albright syndrome (1954) | 1911 | 1992 | USA, America, American | Physician, endocrinologist | galactorrhea-amenorrhea caused by a chromophobe prolactin-producing adenoma of the pituitary |
| OPPENHEIMER, Ella Hutzler | Landing-Oppenheimer syndrome (1957) | 1897 | 1981 | USA, America | Pathologist | Ceroid storage disease in childhood, lipidoses |
| REED, Dorothy Mabel | Reed-Sternberg cells (1902) | 1874 | 1964 | USA, America, American | pathology, pediatric, public health | sternberg, hodgkin, lymphoma, milk, Madison, wisconsin, Mendenhall, |
| GRÖNBLAD, Ester Elizabeth | Grönblad-Strandberg syndrome (1929) | 1898 | 1970 | Sweden, Swedish, svenska | Ophthalmology | PXE, angiod streaks, Furusund, ophthalmologist, Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Groenblad, |
| CALL, Emma Louise | Call-Exner body (1875) | 1847 | 1937 | Physician, anatomist | USA, America, American | granulosa cell tumours, Graafscher Follikel, Siegmund Exner, gonadoblastomas; sclerosing stromal tumours of the ovary; and in endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary |
| ASHBY, Winfred Mayer | Ashby technique (1919) | 1879 | 1975 | USA, America, American | Pathologist | pianist, rcc, rbc, erythrocyte, piano, life-span, |
| BARR, Yvonne Margaret | Epstein-Barr virus (1964) | 1932 | 2016 | Irish, Ireland, Southern Ireland, Australian | Virologist | Burkitt, HHSV-4, EBV |
| MANN, Ida Caroline | Mann classification of coloboma (1937) | 1893 | 1983 | England, English, UK, British | ophthalmologist, ophthalmic surgeon, | Australia, Perth, slit lamp, Dame, mustard gas, trachoma, |
| NEILL, Catherine A | Neill-Dingwall syndrome (1950), Scimtar syndrome (1960) | 1921 | 2006 | England, English, UK, British | cardiologist, paediatrician, pediatrics | scimitar, Cockayne, progeria, pulmonary hypoplasia and partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) |
| BERG, Katherine O | Berg Balance Scale (1989) | Canada, Canadian | Physio, physical therapy | frailty, balance | ||
| WATERLOW, Judy A | Waterlow score (1985) | 1933 | England, English, UK, British | Nurse, nursing, | pressure sore | |
| BARTHEL, Dorothy W | Barthel index (1965) | 1911 | 2003 | USA, America, American | Physio, physical therapist | geriatrics, stroke, |
| ANSELL, Barbara Mary | Ansell-Bywaters-Elderking syndrome (1975) | 1923 | 2001 | England, English, UK, British | Paediatric rheumatologist | CINCA, NOMID, arthritis, pediatric, rhematology |
| SAKATI, Nadia Awni | Sakati-Nyhan-Tisdale syndrome (1971); Woodhouse–Sakati syndrome (1983); Sanjad-Sakati syndrome (1991) | 1938 | Syrian, Saudi | pediatrician | congenital, genetics, inbred | |
| HOLT, Mary Clayton | Holt-Oram syndrome (1960) | 1924 | 1993 | England, English, UK, British | physician, cardiology | cardiac rehabilitation, ASD, hand malformations, triphalangeal, |
| MENTEN, Maud Leonora | Michaelis-Menten equation (1913); Menten-Junge-Green method (1844) | 1879 | 1960 | Canada, Canadian | Physician, biochemist, pathologist | Salmonella toxin, vitamin C, sedimentation, haemoglobin, protein electrophoresis, |
| DUBOWITZ, Lilly | Dubowitz Score (1970), Dubowitz neurology examination (1980) | 1930 | 2016 | Hungary, Hungarian, Magyar | paediatrics, pediatric, neurology | neonatology, neurological exam, tone, power, pre-term, full-term, Sebők |
| ANDERSEN, Dorothy Hansine | Andersen disease (1956); Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas (1938) | 1901 | 1963 | USA, America, American | Paediatrician, pediatrics | Glycogen storage disease type IV, cystic fibrosis of the pancreas, sweat test, trypsin |
| GAMSTORP, Ingrid | Gamstorp disease (1956); Gamstorp-Wohlfart Syndrome (1959) | 1924 | 2007 | Sweden, Swedish, svenska | Paediatric neurologist | |
| KLUMPKE, Augusta | Klumpke palsy (1885) | 1859 | 1927 | USA, America, American | Neurologist | brachial, plexus, mother, |
| SANTAVUORI, Pirkko | Santavuori syndrome (1973), Muscle–Eye–Brain (MEB) disease (1977) | 1933 | 2004 | Finalnd, Suomi, Suomen tasavalta, Finnish | pediatric neurologist | Santavuori-Haltia syndrome, Hagberg, infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, infantile onset spinocerebellar ataxia, IOSCA, INCL, MED, Jansky-Bielchowsky disease, |
| DE LANGE, Cornelia Catharina | Cornelia de Lange syndrome (1933) | 1871 | 1951 | Dutch, Holland, Netherlands, Nederlands | Paediatrician | Congenital hypertrophy of the muscles, extrapyramidal motor disturbances and mental deficiency |
| HORAN, Margaret Burton | Nance-Horan syndrome (1974) | 1909 | 2004 | Australia | pediatrician | cataracts-oto-dental, syndrome, X-linked cataract-dental syndrome, X-linked, congenital cataracts and microcornea, Hutchinson |
| BLACKWELL, Elizabeth | Elizabeth Blackwell Award; National Women Physicians Day | 1821 | 1910 | England, English, UK, British | Physician | Female Physician |
| WILLIAMS, Cicely Delphine | Kwashiorkor (1933) | 1893 | 1992 | Jamaica, Jamaican Patois, | Paediatrician, nutritionist, activist | advocate, world health, malnutrition, nutrition, child health, breast feeding, ackee fruit, Kwashiorkor, |
| DICK, Gladys Rowena | Dick Test (1924) | 1881 | 1963 | USA, America, American | physician, pathologist | scarlet fever, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, hemolytic strep |
| HOGG, Georgina Ruth | Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (1977) | 1916 | 2002 | Canada, Canadian | Pathologist | Hornstein-Knickenberg, fibrofolliculoma |
| APGAR, Virginia | APGAR score (1953) | 1909 | 1974 | USA, America, American | Anaesthetist | Paeds Score, backronym, Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration |
| JOSEPH, Sister Mary | Sister Joseph Nodule (1928) | 1856 | 1939 | USA, America, American | Nurse, sister | cancer, metastasis, umbilicus, adenocarcinoma, julia, dempsey, DEMPSEY, Julia, hamilton bailey, mayo |
| DIX, Margaret Ruth | Dix–Hallpike test (1952) | 1902 | 1991 | USA, America, American | Neurologist | Elicitation of extreme vertigo upon lateral movement of a patient's head when lying in a supine position |
| NITABUCH, Raissa | Nitabuch membrane | 1859 | Russia, Russian, Россия | Physician, anatomist | placenta, fibrinoid layer, | |
| WINTERHALTER, Elisabeth | Winterhalter's ganglia (1896) | 1856 | 1952 | German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland | neuroanatomist, physician, feminist | ovary, ganglion, ganglia, autonomic, |
| SCHACHOWA, Seraphima | Schachowa spiral tubes | 1854 | Russia, Russian, Россия | histologist | tubuli renales | |
| POTTER, Edith Louise | Potter syndrome (1946); Potter facies; Potter sequence; Potter classification of polycystic kidney disease (1964) | 1901 | 1993 | USA, America, American | pediatric, pathologist | facies, syndrome, oligohydramnios, renal agensis |
| BOIVIN, Marie Anne Victoire | Bivalve Vaginal Speculum (1825); Boivin Intropelvimeter | 1773 | 1841 | France, French, français | midwife | midwife, speculum |
| GASKIN, Ina Mae | Gaskin (all fours) manoeuvre (1976) | 1940 | USA, America, American | Midwife | birth, all 4's, fours, shoulder dystocia | |
| LÜER, Jeanne Amélie | Luer Syringe (1896) | 1836 | 1910 | German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland | Manufacturer | Equipment, syringe |
| STRAUSS, Lotte | Churg–Strauss syndrome (1951) | 1913 | 1985 | German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland | Pathologist | Vasculitis, Eosinphilia, Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, EGPA |
| LOUIS-BAR, Denise | Louis-Bar syndrome (1941) | 1914 | 1999 | Belgium, Belgique, België, Belgien, Flemish | Neuropathologist | ataxia telangiectasia |
| OLLENDORF, Helene | Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome (1928) | 1899 | 1982 | Germany, Deutschland | dermatologist | |
| CURTH, Helene Ollendorff | Curth-Macklin syndrome (1954); Ollendorf probe sign (1923); Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome (1928); Curth’s criteria for the diagnosis of cutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes (1976) | 1899 | 1982 | Germany, Deutschland | dermatologist | |
| WALKER, Mary Broadfoot | Mary Walker Effect (1934) | 1888 | 1974 | Scottish, Scotland | Physician | physostigmine, neostigmine, prostigmin, Myasthenia Gravis, |
| WOLCOTT, Carol Nancy Dettman | Wolcott-Rallison syndrome (1972) | 1941 | 1994 | USA, America, American | pediatrician | |
| DE BARSY, Anne-Marie | de Barsy syndrome (1938) | 1939 | Belgium, Belgique, België, Belgien, Flemish | neurologist | ||
| WARBURG, Mette | Walker-Warburg syndrome (12971) | 1926 | 2015 | Danish, Denmark, Dansk | ophthalmologist | |
| WYNNE-DAVIES, Ruth | Wynne Davies Ligamentous Laxity (1970) | 1926 | 2012 | England, English, UK, British | orthopaedic, genetic | genetics, scoliosis, |
| KLUMPKE, Augusta | Klumpke paralysis | 1859 | 1927 | USA, America, American | Neurologist | palsy, paralysis |
| NOONAN, Jacqueline Anne | Noonan syndrome (1968) | 1921 | USA, America, American | pediatrician, cardiologist | ||
| SGARBOSSA, Elena B | Sgarbossa criteria (1996) | Argentinian, Argentina | Cardiologist | Chest Pain, Criteria | ||
| FREY-GOTTESMAN, Lucja | Frey syndrome (1923) | 1889 | 1942 | Poland, Polska | Physician | hyperhidrosis, lemon, auriculotemporal syndrome, parotid gland, gun shot wound, jewish, concentration camp, ghetto |
| HURLER, Gertrud | Hurler syndrome (1920); Hurler-Scheie syndrome (1962) | 1889 | 1965 | German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland | Paediatrician | MPS, gargoyle, gargoylism, Mucopolysaccharidosis, MPS 1, MPS 1-H, |
| CANAVAN, Myrtelle May | Canavan disease (1931) | 1879 | 1953 | USA, America, American | Neuropathologist | spongy |
| LÉVY, Gabrielle | Roussy-Lévy syndrome (1926); Lhermitte-Lévy syndrome (1931) | 1886 | 1935 | France | Neurologist | |
| CANADA, Wilma Jean | Cronkhite-Canada syndrome (1955) | 1926 | 2017 | USA, America, American | Radiology, radiologist | polyposis, ectodermal, diner |
| KNICKENBERG, Monika | Hornstein-Knickenberg syndrome (1975) | German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland | Dermatology | Birt-Hogg-Dubé, perifollicular fibromas, extracutaneous cancer, colon polyps | ||
| MERRITT, Katharine Krom | Kasabach–Merritt syndrome (1940) | 1886 | 1986 | USA, America, American | pediatrician, physician | thrombopenic purpura, hemangioma |
| ABBOTT, Maude Elizabeth | Rokitansky-Maude Abbott syndrome (1924) | 1869 | 1940 | Canada, Canadian | Pathology, pathologist | ostium primum, mitral valve, congenital cardiac disease |
| MACKLIN, Madge Thurlow | Curth-Macklin syndrome (1954) | 1893 | 1962 | USA, America, American | geneticist | eugenics, canada, icthyosis, IHCM, |
| BONNEVIE, Kristine Elisabeth Heuch | Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome (1934, 1936) | 1872 | 1948 | Norway, Norge, Norwegian | Biologist, geneticist, zoologist | zoology, house mouse, micro bleb, polydactyly |
| DABSKA, Maria Magdalena | Dąbska tumor (1969) | 1921 | 2014 | Poland, Polish, Polskie, Polska | pathology, pathologist, oncologist | Parachordoma, surgical pathology, |
| CORI, Gerty Theresa | Cori cycle (1929); Cori ester (1936) | 1896 | 1957 | Czech, čeština, Tschechisch, Czech Republic, Česká republika | biochemist | G1p, glucose, glycogen |
| SCHACHENMANN, Gertrud Dina | Smith-Theiler-Schachenmann syndrome (1966) | 1910 | 1997 | Swiss, schweizerisch, Switzerland, | Pediatrician | rib widening, microganthia |
| KLEEFSTRA, Tjitske | Kleefstra syndrome (2006) | 1970 | Dutch, Holland, Netherlands, Nederlands | clinical genetics, geneticist | Kleefstras syndrom, 9q subtelomere deletion syndrome (9qSTDS), EHMT1, haploinsufficiency | |
| GARRETT ANDERSON, Elizabeth | 1836 | 1917 | England, English, UK, British | Physician | first female physician in the UK | |
| WELANDER, Lisa | Welander distal myopathy (1951); Kugelberg-Welander syndrome (1956) | 1909 | 2001 | Sweden, Swedish, svenska | Neurologist | |
| SABIN, Florence | Mees lines (1901) | 1871 | 1953 | USA, America, American | Anatomist, scientist, medical research | |
| JOHANSON, Ann J | Johanson-Blizzard syndrome (1971) | 1934 | 2020 | USA, America, American | Paediatric endocrinologist | short stature, growth hormone, Turner, |
| LøKEN, Aagot Christie | Senior-Løken syndrome (1961) | 1911 | 2007 | Norway, Norge, Norwegian | Neuropathologist | |
| CANALE, Virginia Claire | Canale-Smith syndrome (1967) | 1936 | 2005 | USA, America, American | pediatric Haematologist | Chronic lymphadenopathy simulating malignant lymphoma |
| KAVEGGIA, Elizabeth Gathy | Optiz-Kaveggia syndrome (1974) [FG Syndrome], Kaveggia syndrome (1975) | 1926 | 2014 | Hungary, Hungarian, Magyar | Paediatrician, geneticist | rain man, dustin hoffman, vermis |
| BABER, Margaret Doreen | Baber syndrome (1956) | 1910 | 1997 | Wales, Welsh, Cymru | paediatrician, pediatric | cirrhosis, amino-aciduria, Fanconi |
| ILLIG, Ruth | Illig syndrome (1970) | 1924 | 2017 | German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland | pediatric endocrinologist | |
| BIANCO-SILVERSTRONI, Ida | Silvestroni-Bianco anaemia (1948) | 1917 | 2006 | Italy, Italia | Physician, hematologist | thalassemia, hematology, Italy |
| AL-GAZALI, Lihadh | Al Gazali Syndrome (1994); Al-Gazali-Bakalinova syndrome (1998) | Iraq, UAE, Arab | genetics, research, pediatric, paediatric | |||
| NELSON, Matilda Mary | Emery-Nelson syndrome (1970) | 1930 | 2010 | England, English, UK, British, south african, south africa | Geneticist, human genetics | |
| NOACK, Margot | Noack syndrome (1959) | 1909 | German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland | orthopedic, pediatric | Apert, Pfeiffer, Oegg, acrocephalosyndactyly | |
| GOUTIERES, Francoise | Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome (1984) | France, French, français | neurologist, pediatric | |||
| TOLKSDORF, Marlis | Wiedemann-Tolksdorf syndrome (1973) | 1924 | German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland | Paediatrician, pediatrics, cytogenetics | ||
| ANDERSEN, Ellen Damgaard | Andersen syndrome, Andersen-Tawil syndrome (1971) | Denmark, Danmark | Physician | |||
| SCHNITZLER, Lilane | Schnitzler syndrome (1972) | 1938 | France, French, français | dermatologist | ||
| BLOOMBERG, Esther Lillian | Albright-Butler-Bloomberg disease (1937) | 1907 | USA, America, American | chemist, technician | ||
| DIESENDRUCK, Judith Abarbanel | Nelson-Diesendruck basal medium (1952) | 1920 | 2007 | Russian born, USA, America, American | Bacteriologist | Jewish, Zionist, Pioneer Women, American Professors for peace in the Middle East |
| HARPER, Rita Gilman | Harper syndrome (1967) | 1934 | USA, America, American | Physician | Seckel syndrome, bird-headed | |
| CHRISTOL, Bernadette | Bazex-Dupré-Christol syndrome (1964) | 1934 | 2011 | France, French, français | dermatologist | JALBY, X-linked, congenital hypotrichosis, follicular atrophoderma, basal cell neoplasms |
| SAKURAI (Kitagawa), Tsuya | Sakurai-Lisch nodules (1935) | 1911 | 1995 | Japanese. Japan, 日本語 | physician, ophthalmologist | |
| HECHT, Jacqueline Tauber | Hecht-Scott syndrome (1981) | USA, America, American | Geneticist and paediatrician | FACTO, dwarfism, Fibular aplasia-tibial campomelia-oligosyndactyly | ||
| HERTWIG, Paula | Hertwig-Weyers syndrome (1942) | 1889 | 1983 | German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland | Biologist | |
| MYHRE, Selma Ann | Mhyre syndrome (1981) | 1937 | 2012 | USA, America, American | pediatric, pathology, Geneticist | Hageman |
| WARBURG, Mette | Walker-Warburg syndrome (1971) | 1926 | 2015 | Danish, Denmark, Dansk | ophthalmologist | |
| DEES, Susan C | Aldrich-Dees syndrome (Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome) | 1909 | 2001 | USA, America, American | Paediatrician | asthma, allergy, |
| SMITH, Ann C. M. | Smith-Magenis syndrome (1986) | USA, America, American | genetic counselor, geneticist | morrison, chisholm, | ||
| MAGENIS, Ruth Ellen | 1925 | 2014 | USA, America, American | Geneticist, pediatrician, paediatrician | chromosome 15, angelman, prader-willi, 7 children, | |
| DUDLEY, Florence Chisholm | Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (1943) | 1902 | 1962 | USA, America, American | assistant in medical genetics | |
| WOLCOTT, Carol Nancy Dettman | Wolcott-Rallison syndrome (1972) | 1941 | 1994 | USA, America, American | Paediatrician, pediatrics | IDDM, Early-onset diabetes mellitus with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia |
| SHAFFER, Lisa G. | Potocki‐Shaffer syndrome (1996) | USA, America, American | Geneticist | |||
| POTOCKI, Lorraine | Potocki-Lupski syndrome (2000); Potocki‐Shaffer syndrome (1996) | |||||
| FITTKE, Hildegard | Debré-Fittke syndrome (1942) | |||||
| MEYER, Julia G. | Say-Meyer syndrome (1981) | |||||
| GRANGE, Dorothy K | Grange syndrome (1998) | USA, America | Geneticist | |||
| GOLABI, Mahin | Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome | USA, America, American | Paediatrician | |||
| LUND, Valerie J | Lund-Mackay score (1993) | England, English, UK, British | rhinologist, ENT | radiologic staging of chronic rhinosinusitis | ||
| TINETTI, Mary E | Tinetti test (1986) | USA, America | Physician | Balance, Gait Test | ||
| BAKER, Kate | Baker-Gordon syndrome (2018) | Australia, Australian, Ozzie | Physician | SYT1-associated neurodevelopmental disorder | ||
| GORDON, Sarah | Baker-Gordon syndrome (2018) | Australia, Australian, Ozzie | Physician | |||
| FLAITZ, Catherine M | Atkin-Flaitz syndrome (1985) | USA, America, American | oral and maxillofacial pathologist and paediatric dentist | |||
| ATKIN, Joan F | Atkin-Flaitz syndrome (1985) | USA, America, American | Physician, anatomist | |||
| BEHMEL, Annemarie | Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome (1984) | Geneticist | ||||
| FOWLER, Clare Juliet | Fowler syndrome (1985) | 1950 | England, English, UK, British | urologist, neuro-urologist | ||
| TORIELLO, Helga V. | Toriello‐Carey syndrome (1988) | 1952 | USA, America | genetics, geneticist | Corpus callosum agenesis facial anomalies Robin sequence; Corpus callosum agenesis-blepharophimosis-Robin sequence syndrome; Agenesis of corpus callosum | |
| YOUNG, Freida | Dyke-Young anaemia (1938) | 1910 | 2004 | England, English, UK, British | Pathology, pathologist | |
| DRAVET, Charlottte | Dravet syndrome (1982) | 1936 | France, French, français | Psychiatrist, Epileptologist | severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy SMEI | |
| MENDE, Irmgard | Mende syndrome (1926) | Germany, Deutschland | Physician | |||
| LUTZ-RICHNER, Anna-Regula | Lutz-Richner and Landolt syndrome (1973) | 1942 | Switzerland | Paediatrician | ||
| THERMAN, Eeva | Patau syndrome (1960) | 1916 | 2004 | Finland, Suomi, Finnish, | cytogenetecist | Lilly of the Valley, trisomy 13 |
| VOGT, Cécile | Vogt-Vogt syndrome | 1875 | 1962 | German, Germany, Deutsche, Deutschland | neuropathologist | |
| BEIGHTON, Greta | Beighton Score (1971) | 1939 | 2017 | England, English, UK, British, South Africa | nursing, genetics, history | genetics, hypermobility, score, laxity, joint |
| PAGON, Roberta Anderson | Pagon syndrome (1985) | 1945 | USA, America, American | Paediatrician, pediatrics, genetics | ||
| LANCEFIELD, Rebecca Craighill | Lancefield classification, Lancefield method (1928) | 1895 | 1981 | USA, America, American | Bacteriologist | BHS, hemolytic, haemolytic, strep |
eponym: a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named.
Origin: from Greek epōnumos ‘given as a name, giving one’s name to someone or something’, from epi ‘upon’ + onoma ‘name’. noun: eponym; plural noun: eponyms; adjective: eponymous
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