a chronic disease acused by infestation with blood flukes,endemic in parts of africa and south america (named after the german physician theodor bilharz,1825-62,who discovered the parasite)
women's lose-fitting knee-length knickers,sometimes gathered at the knee or ankle(named after Mrs.amelia j.bloomer,1818-1894,an american social reformer who advocated the garment)
denoting of a system of notation used to represent logical propositions by means of the binary digits 0(false) and 1 (true),especially in computing and electronics(named after the english mathematician george boole,1815-64)
a system designed to promote well -being through the control of posture(named after the australian born actor and educationist frederick mathias alexander,1869-1955)
a projection at the front of the neck formed by the thyroid cartilage of the larynx (so named from the notion that a piece of the forbidden fruit became lodged in adam's throat).
an eponym is a word derived from the name of a person .this could be the name of a real,fictonal,mythical or spurious charecter or person .many familiar english words are eponyms as they have been derived from someone's name