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What does eponym mean?

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Noun
  1. The name of a real or fictitious person whose name has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item.
  2. A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
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Guillain-Barre syndrome is an eponym for a heterogeneous group of immune-mediated peripheral neuropathies.
April 15th marks the 260th anniversary of the publication of the great dictionary written by Samuel Johnson, the eponym of this column.
It's an eponym named for the addlebrained literary character, Mrs. Malaprop.
He is regarded as one of the founding fathers of nephrology, with his name immortalized in the eponym Bright's disease.
On road NH65 in Beng Mealea I walked into the upsetting ruins of the eponym temple which was used as set in a movie by JJ Annaud, Two Brothers.
Work on and with the eponym of our foundation are also among the central tasks of the Academy.

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