Eponymize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Eponymize is a verb meaning (transitive) To name (something or someone) after oneself or another entity; to give an eponym as a name.
Meaning
(transitive) To name (something or someone) after oneself or another entity; to give an eponym as a name.
Example Sentences
His name was eponymized in the Kelly pad for obstetrical and surgical tables, the Kelly cystoscope for visualization of the female bladder (he was the first to use air to inflate the bladder for examination and for catheterization of the ureters) […]
Word Forms
- eponymizes
- eponymizing
- eponymized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include epithetize, epitomate, name, epithet, metonymize, nominate.
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