- A dictionary of medical eponyms

Eponyms beginning with Z

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Zinn's membrane
Zinn's ring
Zinn's tendon
Zinn's tendon
Zinn's zone
Zinn's zonule
Zinnia
Zinsser's syndrome
Zinsser-Cole-Engman disease
Zinsser-Engman-Cole syndrome
Zinsser-Fanconi syndrome
Zinsser-Fanconi-Cole-Rauschkolb-Toomey syndrome
Zivert's syndrome
Zivert-Kartagener triad
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Zollinger-Ellison-Strøm syndrome
Zondek's syndrome
Zondek-Bromberg-Rozin syndrome
Zsigmondy's test
Zuckerkandl's bodies
Zuckerkandl's convolution
Zuckerkandl's fascia
Zuckerkandl's gyrus
Zuckerkandl's operation
Zuckerkandl's organs

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