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But what are we to do about eponyms?
The difference between it and "Heimlich" or "sandwich," to take two more common eponyms, is that there are many, many other terms for oral sex, but none for the Heimlich maneuver or a sandwich.
The surge in eponyms is no doubt related, in part, to the efflorescence of metanames in general.
For some eponymous terms, the eponymy is obvious, or famous: Caesarean section ; graham cracker ; Molotov cocktail ; boycott ; leotard ; Luddite ; silhouette ; volt . Many more eponyms, though familiar, are not so obviously eponymous.
Which leads to the use of medical eponyms, proper names, usually of persons or places, to designate diseases; their signs and symptoms, alone or in combination; reflexes, and a host of other medical phenomena.