THE USE OF EPONYMOUS TERMS IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE: PROS AND CONS
THE USE OF EPONYMOUS TERMS IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE: PROS AND CONS

Summary/Abstract: The long-lasting debate upon the use of eponymous terms in the field of medicine has never stopped. The subject of discussion is the expediency of their use instead of the descriptive terms. In the last decade the discussion of this theme broke out with the renewed vigour. This controversy stipulated the actuality of the choice of the subject matter of the given paper. The problems of eponymy were discussed by M.G. Blau, V.A. Vinogradov, V.N. Gubin, V.A. Ikonnikova, E.M. Kakzanova, S.B. Korolev, V.D. Rjazancev, R.P. Samusev, L.P. Churilov, S.D. Shelov and others. N.V. Va- sil'eva, A.B.Superanskaja, K.Ja. Averbuh, N.V. Novin- skaja, V.M. Lejchik, N.V. Podol'skaja, L.I. Voskresenskaja, C.B. Grinev, V.D. Bondaletov, L.B. Tkacheva studied the eponymous terms.

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