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Meaning of eponymize | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To name (something or someone) after oneself or another entity; to give an eponym as a name.

transitive

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) […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

eponymized eponymizes eponymizing epoxidate epoxidated epoxidates

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