The case for consistent use of medical eponyms by eliminating possessive forms
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The use of medical eponyms, which are medical terms named after people (e.g., Down’s syndrome), has frequently been a source of confusion for learners. Although the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization have encouraged the medical community to refrain from the use of possessive eponyms in order to reduce the misconception that the disease founders suffered from the pathology themselves, the inconsistent use of possessive and non-possessive forms of medical eponyms is still common.
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