Медицински епоними с имена на безсмъртни жени
Medical eponyms with names of immortal women

Summary/Abstract: Eponym is derived from the Greek epi (upon) and onoma (a name). An eponym is a person, whether real or fictional, after which a particular item is named. There are abundant medical eponyms that are mnemonics, add color to medical writing, serve to immortalize the outstanding persons besides making students life miserable. Women’s names are only rarely encountered. We have endeavoured to make a list of medical eponyms, short of being exhaustive, with names of exceptional women from mythology, religion and art with emphasis on scientists and physicians, who were the first to describe a disease or syndrome and were honoured to be named after them.

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