EPONYM


Meaning of EPONYM in English

[ep.onym] n [Gk eponymos, fr. eponymos eponymous, fr. epi- + onyma name--more at name] (1846) 1: one for whom or which something is or is believed to be named

2: a name (as of a drug or a disease) based on or derived from an eponym -- ep.onym.ic adj

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