Examples Of Eponyms In Health Care

CC2040 English for Academic Skills (Health Care)

Examples of Eponyms in Health Care Term Alzheimer disease

Pronunciation* awlzchUm_rm

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Kaposi’s sarcoma (Kaposi sarcoma)

kah-pbcsT sarkbcm^

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Papanicolaou test (Pap test)

p^-p_-nV-kb-lQcoo

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Salmonella

salcm[-nelc^

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semi-Fowler’s (semi-Fowler)

semcT fowlc_rs

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Sjögren’s syndrome

shercgrens sincdrbm

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Trendelenburg

trencde-len-berg

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Named after German neurologist Alois Alzheimer Hungarian dermatologist Moritz Kaposi Greek cytologist George Papanicolaou American pathologist Daniel Elmer Salmon American surgeon George Ryerson Fowler Swedish ophthalmologist Henrik Sjögren German surgeon Friedrich Trendelenburg

Brief Explanation Progressive mental deterioration occurring in middle age

Malignant tumours arising from blood vessels in the skin, forming plaques or nodules Test to detect cancer of the neck or lining of the womb

Kind of bacteria that inhibits the intestines of animals and man and causes disease Inclined position obtained by raising the head of the bed 10–15 inches Condition in which the patient complains of a dry mouth, caused by wasting of the salivary glands; associated with rheumatoid arthritis and dry eyes. Physical examination finding associated with various hip abnormalities

* Pronunciation based on: Dirckx, John H., editor, Stedman's Concise Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions, Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 4th Edition, 2001

William Tsang 2009

CC2040 English for Academic Skills (Health Care)

William Tsang 2009