DENOMINAL EPONYMS IN ENGLISH MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: SUFFIXATION

Maria TELEKY, Liubov STEHNITSKA, Chernivtsi State Medical University, Ukraine

Аннотация

Medical terminology is characterised by various eponyms firmly rooted in the language of medicine. Such eponyms and eponymous terms are mainly created from the surnames of doctors or researchers. Today, there are no clear
rules for the formation of eponymous terms, and this method of naming is somewhat random due to a number of
extra- and intra-linguistic factors. However, when eponyms are widely recognised, they become common nouns and
can form derivatives that adhere to some morphological rules.
Keywords: eponymous term, morphology, suffixation.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59295/sum10(200)2024_16