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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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