List of Eponyms in MedicineEponymous Diseases
A
Aarskog syndrome
Aase syndrome
Abderhalden-Kaufmann-Lignac syndrome
Achard-Thiers syndrome
Addison's disease
Aicardi syndrome
Alexander disease
Alice in Wonderland syndrome
Alpers' disease
Alport syndrome
Andersen's Disease
Angelman syndrome
Apert syndrome
Arnold-Chiari malformation
Asherman's syndrome
Asperger syndrome
B
Baker's cyst
Balint's syndrome
Bardet-Biedl syndrome
Barlow's disease
Barlow's syndrome
Barrett's esophagus
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Behçet's disease
Bell's palsy
Berger's disease
Binswanger's disease
Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
Bloom syndrome
Boerhaave syndrome
Bolivian hemorrhagic fever
Bornholm disease
Bourneville-Pringle disease
Bowen's disease
Bright's disease
Brill-Zinsser disease
Brown-Sequard syndrome
Brugada syndrome
Burkitt's lymphoma
C
Canavan disease
Capgras delusion
Carney's complex
Caroli disease
Carrion's disease
Castleman's disease
Cenani Lenz syndactylism
Chagas disease
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Charles Bonnet syndrome
Chilaiditi syndrome
Chorea (disease)
Churg-Strauss syndrome
Chédiak-Higashi syndrome
Cockayne syndrome
Colorado tick fever
Conn's syndrome
Cori's disease
Cotard delusion
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Crohn's disease
Crouzon syndrome
Cushing's syndrome
D
DeQuervain's syndrome
Devic's disease
DiGeorge syndrome
Dieulafoy's lesion
Down syndrome
Duane syndrome
Dupuytren's contracture
E
Edward's syndrome
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Eisenmenger's syndrome
Ekbom's syndrome
Ellis-van Creveld syndrome
Engelmann syndrome
Evans syndrome
Ewing's sarcoma
F
Fabry's disease
Fahr's syndrome
Familial Mediterranean fever
Fanconi anemia
Fanconi syndrome
Farber disease
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
Forbe's disease
Fordyce's spot
Fregoli delusion
Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy
Følling's disease
G
Gaucher's disease
Gerstmann syndrome
Gitelman syndrome
Glanzmann's thrombasthenia
Goodpasture's syndrome
Graves-Basedow disease
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Gunther's disease
H
Hamman-Rich syndrome
Hansen's disease
Hashimoto's thyroiditis
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
Heyde's syndrome
Hirschsprung's disease
Hodgkin's lymphoma
Hunter syndrome
Huntington's disease
Hurler syndrome
Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome
I
Irukandji syndrome
J
Jerusalem syndrome
Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome
Joubert syndrome
Jumping Frenchmen of Maine
K
Kabuki syndrome
Kallmann syndrome
Kaposi's sarcoma
Kawasaki disease
Keinbock's disease
Kennedy disease
Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome
Klatskin tumor
Klinefelter's syndrome
Klippel Feil syndrome
Kniest dysplasia
Korsakoff's syndrome
Krabbe disease
Kussmaul-Maier disease
Kyasanur forest disease
L
Lafora disease
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
Landau-Kleffner syndrome
Langer-Giedion syndrome
Lassa fever
Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome
Leigh's disease
Lemierre's syndrome
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Lev's disease
Li-Fraumeni syndrome
Ludwig's angina
Lutz-Jeanselme syndrome
Lyme disease
Löffler's syndrome
M
Mallory-Weiss syndrome
Malouf syndrome
Marburg fever
Marek's disease
Marfan syndrome
McArdle's Disease
McCune-Albright syndrome
Meleda Disease
Menkes disease
Merkel cell cancer
Minamata disease
Mitchell's disease
Mobius syndrome
Mondini Dysplasia
Mondor's disease
Morbus Dupuytren
Morquio syndrome
Morvan's syndrome
Mullerian agenesis
Ménière’s disease
N
Niemann-Pick disease
Noonan syndrome
O
Omenn syndrome
Ondine's curse
Osgood-Schlatter disease
P
Paget's disease of bone
Paget's disease of the breast
Paget-Schroetter disease
Pancoast tumor
Parkinson's disease
Parkinsonism
Patau syndrome
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
Pendred syndrome
Peyronie's disease
Philadelphia chromosome
Pick's Disease
Pickardt syndrome
Pickwickian syndrome
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
Polish plait
Pompe's disease
Postencephalitic parkinsonism
Pott's disease
Prader-Willi syndrome
Prinzmetal's angina
Proteus syndrome
R
Ramsay-Hunt syndrome
Raynaud's disease
Reiter's syndrome
Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome
Rett syndrome
Reye's syndrome
List of Human Anatomical Parts Named after People
A
Achilles' tendon
Adam's apple
Alderman's nerve
Aortic sinus
Artery of Adamkiewicz
Auerbach's plexus
B
Bartholin's gland
Bowman's capsule
Bowman's membrane
Broca's area
Brodmann area
Bundle of His
C
Central sulcus
Circle of Willis
Cooper's ligaments
D
Duct of Bellini
E
Eustachian tube
F
Fallopian tube
Foramen of Winslow
G
G-spot
Gartner's duct
Glands of Montgomery
Golgi apparatus
H
Haversian system
Hesselbach's triangle
I
Islets of Langerhans
L
Loop of Henle
Luschka's joints
M
Malpighian corpuscle
Marginal artery
McBurney's point
Meckel's diverticulum
Median aperture
Müllerian duct
N
Node of Ranvier
P
Pacchioni's granulations
Paccini's granulation
Pacinian corpuscle
Pouch of Douglas
Purkinje cell
Purkinje fibers
R
Reed-Sternberg cell
S
Schwann cell
Skene's gland
Stensen's duct
T
Transverse temporal gyrus
V
Vein of Galen
Virchow's node
W
Weibel-Palade body
Wernicke's area
Wharton's jelly
Wolffian duct
Eponymous Fractures
Colles' fracture
Maisonneuve fracture
Pott's fracture
Smith's fracture
Eponymous Medical Procedures
Abdominal thrusts
Blalock-Taussig shunt
Heller myotomy
Nuss procedure
Politzerization
Trendelenburg position
Valsalva maneuver
Whipple procedure
Eponymous Medical Signs
A
Aaron sign
Abadie's sign
Abadie's symptom
Abdominojugular test
Adson's sign
Alexander's law
Allen's test
Apgar score
Apley grind test
Argyll Robertson pupil
Arneth count
Auspitz's sign
Austin Flint murmur
B
Battle's sign
Beck's triad
Biot's respiration
Bitot's spots
Blumberg sign
Boston's sign
Bouchard's nodes
Brushfield spots
C
Charcot's triad
Charcot-Leyden crystals
C cont.
Cheyne-Stokes respiration
Chvostek's sign
Courvoisier's law
Crowe sign
Cullen's sign
Cushing's triad
D
Darier's sign
E
Epstein's pearls
Ewart's sign
F
Finkelstein's test
Fleischer Ring
G
Gower's sign
Grey Turner's sign
Grey-Turner's sign
H
Horner's syndrome
Hutchinson's teeth
J
Janeway lesion
John Thomas sign
K
Kayser-Fleischer ring
Koplik's spots
Korotkoff sounds
Kussmaul breathing
Kussmaul's sign
L
Lachman test
Levine's sign
Lisker's sign
M
Macewen's sign
McMurray test
Mee's lines
Mentzer index
Moro reflex
Murphy's punch sign
N
Nardi test
O
Osborn wave
Osler's node
Osler's sign
P
Patrick's test
Pemberton's sign
Pick bodies
Plantar reflex
R
Raynaud's phenomenon
Riggler's sign
Rinne test
Roth's spot
T
The Sherman paradox
Troisier's sign
Trousseau sign
V
Volkmann's contracture
W
Watson's water hammer pulse
Weber test
Winterbottom's sign
Eponymous Medical Tests
Abderhalden reaction
Abelin reaction
Abreugraphy
Coombs test
Guthrie test
Heaf test
Mantoux test
Pap smear
Schirmer's test
Wassermann test
Weill-Felix test
Eponymous Surgical Instruments
Bailey's forceps: A special dilation forceps which is used intraventricularly.
Baker's cannula: A flexible tracheal cannula.
Beck's cannula: Cannula for blood transfusion.
Beck's clamp: Cleveland non-pressure vascular clamp for partial dilatation of the wall of aorta.
Beckman-Adson retractor: An instrument for holding back the margins of a wound.
Blount staple: Tibial stapling to compensate for epiphyses.
Blount's splint: Splint for fixation of ends of bones following osteotomies.
Cushing's clip: A small silver clip developed by Cushing in 1910.
Dupuytren's splint: Splint used to prevent eversion in Pott’s fracture.
Eicken's cannula: Curved catheter for rinsing of the maxillary air sinus after a resection of the maxillary air sinus.
Fritsch's skin hook: A blunt hook used for pulling abdominal skin to the sides.
Hey's saw: A skull saw.
Horner's hollow chisel: An instrument for removing foreign bodies from the cornea.
Kocher zonde: Spoon-shaped probe for goitre operations.
Kocher's tweezers: Vascular tweezers.
Murphy's button: Mechanical device used for intestinal anastomosis.
Murphy-Lane bone skid: This steel instrument is a common commercial item. Used for femoral head.
Sluder's snare: A guillotine type of snare for use in tonsillectomy on children.
Sluder's tonsillotome (Sluder's snare):A guillotine type of snare for use in tonsillectomy on children.
Trendelenburg's cannula: Tampon cannula used for preventing patients from swallowing blood during operations of the larynx.
Volkmann's bone curette (Volkmann's spoon (Richard von Volkmann))
Volkmann's splint (Richard von Volkmann): Splint used for fracture of lower extremity.
Volkmann's spoon (Richard von Volkmann)
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List of Eponyms in Medicine