Eponymize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To name (something or someone) after oneself or another entity; to give an eponym as a name. transitive
"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) […]"
Example
More examples"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) […]"
Etymology
From eponym + -ize.
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