Eponyms
Learn Medical Terms
$1.99
2.0for iPhone, iPad and more
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About Eponyms
Eponyms brings a short description of about 1800 common and obscure medical eponyms (e.g., Rovsing's sign, Virchow's node) to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. A perfect tool to quickly look up the meaning of any eponym.
It uses the beautiful eponym database from Andrew J. Yee (http://www.eponyms.net/).
## Features
• About 1800 eponyms
• Full text search
• Browse by any of the 26 categories
• Star eponyms to keep track of the eponyms you tend to forget or with which you want to test your students on
• List of recently accessed eponyms
• Quick and easy learn mode
## Learn Mode
The learn mode allows you to:
• swipe to the left to show a random eponym but not its title
• swipe to the right to show a random eponym title but not its text
• pull down to reveal the hidden info
Learn mode displays eponyms from the category you're currently visiting. This means you can either learn eponyms from a given category, only the ones that you've starred or simply all of them.
## Students
Look out for the free student version of Eponyms: it's identical to to this version but free for educational purposes!
It uses the beautiful eponym database from Andrew J. Yee (http://www.eponyms.net/).
## Features
• About 1800 eponyms
• Full text search
• Browse by any of the 26 categories
• Star eponyms to keep track of the eponyms you tend to forget or with which you want to test your students on
• List of recently accessed eponyms
• Quick and easy learn mode
## Learn Mode
The learn mode allows you to:
• swipe to the left to show a random eponym but not its title
• swipe to the right to show a random eponym title but not its text
• pull down to reveal the hidden info
Learn mode displays eponyms from the category you're currently visiting. This means you can either learn eponyms from a given category, only the ones that you've starred or simply all of them.
## Students
Look out for the free student version of Eponyms: it's identical to to this version but free for educational purposes!
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.0
Last updated on Feb 12, 2019
Old Versions
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
• Now in shiny 64-bit and able to accommodate all device screen sizes
• Added a handful of eponyms
• Now in shiny 64-bit and able to accommodate all device screen sizes
• Added a handful of eponyms
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Version History
2.0
Sep 18, 2017
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
• Now in shiny 64-bit and able to accommodate all device screen sizes
• Added a handful of eponyms
• Now in shiny 64-bit and able to accommodate all device screen sizes
• Added a handful of eponyms
1.4.2
Dec 18, 2012
😤 Shake-to-learn works again! Shake sideways to show a random eponym name, shake up-down to show a random eponym description.
1.4.1
Nov 1, 2012
- Fix iPad layout issues on iOS 6
1.4
Oct 15, 2012
- Support for iPhone 5 and iOS 6
1.3.1
Jan 13, 2011
Includes 1'751 eponyms
1.3
Jul 12, 2010
• Universal Binary for iPhone/iPad/iPod touch
• Support for iOS 4
• Support for Retina Display
• Support for iOS 4
• Support for Retina Display
1.2
Dec 5, 2009
• Diacritic searching and sorting
• Learn mode - guess the eponym name from the eponym text or vice versa
• Option to turn off interface rotation
• Interface improvements
• Now sports 1'717 eponyms
• Learn mode - guess the eponym name from the eponym text or vice versa
• Option to turn off interface rotation
• Interface improvements
• Now sports 1'717 eponyms
1.1
Mar 9, 2009
• Full text search
• Starring of eponyms (to build your own favorites list or a list of eponyms you tend to forget or ...)
• Automatic check for updated eponyms (optional)
• Other improvements
• Starring of eponyms (to build your own favorites list or a list of eponyms you tend to forget or ...)
• Automatic check for updated eponyms (optional)
• Other improvements
1.0
Aug 3, 2008
Eponyms FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Eponyms in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Eponyms.
iPhone
Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 10.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
Eponyms supports English
