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The Eponymictionary records historical signs, syndromes, conditions, procedures and classifications eponymously named. We review 3504 eponyms and 7921 related eponymous terms, the person behind their origin, history, accuracy, and relevance today

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Section	Eponymous term (Instagram)	Eponym (s)	LITFL review	keywords
Neurology	Woltman sign	WOLTMAN, Henry William	Woltman sign	Reflex, myotonia, myxoedema, myxedema, chaney, hypothyroidism, ankle reflex, Achilles reflex,
Pathology	Reed-Sternberg cells	REED, Dorothy Mabel; STERNBERG, Carl	Reed-Sternberg cells	sternberg, hodgkin, lymphoma, milk, Madison, wisconsin, Mendenhall, crippled, B cell, multinucleated, binucleated, owl eye
GI tract	Bean syndrome	BEAN, William Bennett	Bean syndrome	naevus, GI tract, GI bleeding, blue rubber, lindsay nail, half-half
CVS	Crochetage sign		Crochetage sign	ASD, PFO, VSD, ECG, EKG, RBBB, M-shaped,
EQUIP	Seldinger Technique	SELDINGER, Sven Ivar	Seldinger Technique	Procedure, catheter, cvl, arterial line, cannulation
ORTHO	Winking owl sign		Winking owl sign	spinal metastases, spinal met, spinal neoplasm, absent pedicle, owl
EQUIP	Hounsfield scale	HOUNSFIELD, Godfrey Newbold	Hounsfield scale	nobel prize, EMI, CT, computerised tomography, hounsfield unit, linear scale, radiology
ANAES	Macintosh blade	MACINTOSH, Sir Robert Reynolds	Macintosh blade	Equipment, laryngoscope, curved
ANAES	Mallampati Score	MALLAMPATI, Seshagiri Rao	Mallampati Score	Score, airway, intubation, anesthetic, difficult, intubation
ANAES	Cormack-Lehane score	CORMACK, Ronald Sidney and LEHANE, John Robert	Cormack-Lehane score	Score, DAS Medal, Macewan medal, laryngoscopy, difficult airway, airway grades
CVS	Branham sign	BRANHAM, Harris Miller	Branham sign	AV fistula, bradycardia, hypertension,
ORTHO	Cotton grip	COTTON, Frederic Jay	Cotton grip	wrist fracture, reduction, splint
ORTHO	Moore fracture	MOORE, Edward Mott	Moore fracture	Wrist Distal radius, ulna styloid fracture, ulna luxation, ulnar, ulna dislocation
CVS	Dock's Diphthong	DOCK, William	Dock's Diphthong	diphthong, tactile, vocal, fremitus, aegophony,
ANESTH	Maladie de Denborough	DENBOROUGH, Michael Antony	Malignant hyperthermia	malignant hyperthermia, MH, suxamethonium, inhalational anaesthetics
EQUIP	Beck open defibrillation	BECK, Claude Schaeffer	Claude Schaeffer Beck	open defibrillation, ventricular fibrillation, ECG, defib, fibrillation, standstill
ORTHO	Throckmorton sign	THROCKMORTON, Tom Bentley	Throckmorton sign	Hip fracture, penis points to pathology, penis point, pointing sign,
ORTHO	Danis-Weber classification	DANIS, Robert; WEBER, Bernhard Georg	Danis-Weber classification	Ankle Fracture classification
CVS	Austin Flint murmur	FLINT, Austin	Austin Flint murmur	Murmur, mid-diastolic aortic regurgitant murmur heard at the apex
ORTHO	Gissane Angle	GISSANE, William	Gissane Angle	Foot, calcaneum, accident surgery, emergency medicine, casualty, Birmingham
ORTHO	Böhler angle	BÖHLER, Lorenz	Böhler angle	calcaneum, calcaneus, fracture, angle
ORTHO	Cotton fracture	COTTON, Frederic Jay	Cotton fracture	Ankle Fracture trimalleolar, distal radius, colles, pop, plaster cast, bone-setting
CVS	Key-Hodgkin murmur	KEY, Charles Aston; HODGKIN, Thomas	Key-Hodgkin murmur	Murmur, diastolic murmur, aortic regurgitation, saw cutting through wood
CVS	Rivero-Carvallo sign	RIVERO-CARVALLO, José Manuel	Rivero-Carvallo sign	Murmur, Accentuation of the murmur of tricuspid regurgitation and tricuspid stenosis with inspiration
CVS	Gibson murmur	GIBSON, George Alexander	Gibson murmur	Murmur, machinery murmur, second left interspace, patent ductus arteriosus, PDA
CVS	Rytand murmur	RYTAND, David Abramson	Rytand murmur	Rytand murmur, Rytand's law
CVS	Still's Murmur	STILL, Sir George Frederic	Still's Murmur	Murmur, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, vibratory murmur, physiological bruit, benign functional
CVS	Roger's murmur	ROGER, Henri-Louis	Roger's murmur	Murmur. VSD, ventricular septal defects
ORTHO	Jones Fracture	JONES, Robert	Jones Fracture	Foot Fracture, 5th Metatarsal, Foot Fracture, 5th Metatarsal, early XR, foot injury, dancing, Zone II
ORTHO	Köhler disease	KÖHLER , Alban	Köhler disease	Foot, navicular, AVN, NECROSIS
ORTHO	Freiberg infraction	FREIBERG, Albert Henry	Freiberg infraction	Foot metatarsal osteonecrosis, osteochondrosis, infraction
Nails	Muehrcke lines	MUEHRCKE, Robert Carl	Muehrcke lines	hypoalbunemia, nails, nail sign, 132 infantry, transverse lines, leuchonychia, leukonychia, hypoalbunaemia
Nails	Mees lines	MEES, Rudolf Adriaan	Mees lines	arsenic, poisoning, transverse white bands, nails, clinical examination, nail sign
Nails	Terry’s nails	TERRY, Richard Barratt	Terry’s nails	liver disease, white nails, leuchoniychia, leukonychia, lunula, ground-glass
Nails	Lindsay nails	LINDSAY, Philip Gaylord	Lindsay nails	azotemia, renal failure, aki,
Abdominal	Murphy's Sign	MURPHY, John Benjamin	Murphy's Sign	RUQ Pain, cholecystitis, cholangitis, gallbladder
CVS	Lewis lead	LEWIS, Thomas	Lewis lead	Lewis Lead, ECG, PQRST
CVS	Fontaine lead	FONTAINE, Guy Hughes	Fontaine lead	ARVD, ARVC, epsilon wave, F-ECG, bipolar precordial leads, Fontaine leads
CVS	Osborn wave	OSBORN, John J	Osborn wave	ECG, Wave, camel hump sign of Osborn, hypothermic hump, late delta wave, hathook junction, J wave, H wave, K wave
CVS	de Winter T wave	DE WINTER, Robbert J.	de Winter T wave	ECG, Wave, STEMI, wave, T-wave, infarction, anterior STEMI equivalent, peaked T waves
Abdominal	Perman sign	PERMAN, Emil Samuel	Perman sign	Appendicitis, clinical abdominal examination,
Abdominal	Rovsing sign	ROVSING, Niels Thorkild	Rovsing sign	Appendicitis, abdominal examination
ORTHO	Shepherd fracture	SHEPHERD, Francis John	Shepherd fracture	Ankle, Talus. Ankle, Posterior talar process fracture, lateral tubercle
ORTHO	Cedell fracture	CEDELL, Carl-Axel	Cedell fracture	Ankle, Talus, Ankle fracture, Posterior talar process fracture, medial tubercle, posteromedial tubercle
ORTHO	Simmonds-Thompson test	SIMMONDS, Franklin Adin; THOMPSON, T. Campbell	Simmonds-Thompson test	Achilles, Simmonds Test, Thompson Test, Calf squeeze Test, achiles tendon rupture
ORTHO	Tillaux fracture	TILLAUX, Paul Jules	Tillaux fracture	Ankle Fracture fibula posterolateral SH III, salter-harris, type III
Equipment	Magill Curve	MAGILL, Ivan Whiteside	Magill Curve	Equipment, laryngoscope, ETT, endotracheal tube, blind intubation, apparatus, Hickman,
Equipment	Guedel airway	GUEDEL, Arthur Ernest	Guedel airway	Equipment, Airway, OPA, Hickman
Equipment	Murphy eye	MURPHY, Francis John	Murphy eye	Equipment, endotracheal tube, ETT, eye
Abdominal	Markle sign	MARKLE IV, George Bushar	Markle heel drop	Appendicitis, heel drop,
CVS	Graham Steell murmur	STEELL, Graham	Graham Steell murmur	Murmur, high pitched early diastolic murmur, pulmonary incompetence, pulmonary hypertension
Abdominal	Cope's obturator test	COPE, Vincent Zachary	Cope's obturator test	Appendicitis, Cope Psoas test, obturator sign,
ORTHO	Bennett fracture	BENNETT, Edward Hallaran	Bennett fracture	Hand, Thumb, fracture, base, two-part, intra-articular, metacarpal, 2 part
ORTHO	Rolando fracture	ROLANDO, Silvio	Rolando fracture	Hand, Thumb, fracture, base, three-part, intra-articular, metacarpal, 3 part, tripartate
ORTHO	Terry-Thomas Sign	THOMAS, Terry	Terry-Thomas Sign	Hand Carpus scapholunate
Abdominal	Cullen sign	CULLEN, Thomas Stephen	Cullen sign	Ecchymosis, abdominal, atraumatic, ectopic pregnancy
Abdominal	Grey Turner sign	GREY TURNER, George	Grey Turner sign	Ecchymosis, abdominal, atraumatic, pancreatitis, flank haemorrhage
Abdominal	Fox’s sign	FOX, John Adrian	Fox's sign	Ecchymosis, abdominal, atraumatic, AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm, pancreatitis
CVS	Landolfi sign	LANDOLFI, Michele	Landolfi sign	aortic regurgitation, pupil ciculatory hippus, Phonacoscopy, fonacoscopio, pulmonary TB
ORTHO	Lelli test	LELLI, Alessandro	Lelli test	Knee exam, ACL, rupture
ORTHO	Hawkins classification	HAWKINS, Leland Greene	Hawkins classification	Ankle, Talus, classification
Pediatrics	APGAR score	APGAR, Virginia	APGAR, Virginia	Paeds Score, backronym, Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration
Abdominal	Thomas sign	THOMAS, Antony Michael	Thomas sign	ampulla of vater, silver stool
Abdominal	Cope's psoas test	COPE, Vincent Zachary	Cope's psoas test	Appendicitis, Cope Psoas test, obturator sign,
CVS	Salvador Dali wave	DALI, Salvador	Digoxin effect	digoxin, slur, ECG, EKG
CVS	Epsilon wave	FONTAINE, Guy Hughes	Epsilon wave	ARVD, ARVC, epsilon wave, F-ECG, bipolar precordial leads, Fontaine leads
CVS	Delta wave	SEGERS, Marcel	Delta wave	delta wave, WPW,
Abdominal	Moynihan sign	MOYNIHAN, Berkeley George Andrew	Moynihan sign	pancreas, gallbladder, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, right hepatic artery, caterpillar
Abdominal	Naunyn's method	NAUNYN, Bernhard	Naunyn's method	murphy's sign,
CVS	Beck's Triad(s)	BECK, Claude Schaeffer	BECK, Claude Schaeffer	tamponade, hypotension, distended jugular veins, muffled heart sounds, mitral stenosis, defibrillator, CPR
ORTHO	Cotton-Loder position	COTTON, Frederic Jay	Cotton-Loder position	wrist fracture, reduction, splint
ANAES	Laryngeal mask airway	BRAIN, Archie Ian Jeremy	Laryngeal mask airway	Equipment, Airway, LMA, DAS medal, resus, failed airway

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

eponym: a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named.