在医学专业英语教材和医学文献中,疾病名称随处可见。西方医学对于疾病的命名,在词源方面离不开拉丁词根和希腊词根,病名描述了疾病的病理和症状。但一直以来很多疾病都有广为人知的俗名别称,尤其是以人名和地名命名的疾病,更容易被媒体和大众接受。本文重点讨论利用人名、地名等专有名词命名的疾病名称,选择医学文献和新闻媒体使用频率较高的病名为例,简要概述冠以人名、地名的西医疾病名称的由来,借此丰富医学英语课堂教学,使学生对西方疾病命名文化有所了解。 In medical English teaching materials and medical literature, the name of the disease can be seen everywhere. Western medicine for disease naming, in terms of etymology can not do without Latin roots and Greek roots, the disease name describes the pathology and symptoms of the disease. However, many diseases have long been known as colloquial names, especially diseases named after names and place names, which are more easily accepted by the media and the general public. This article focuses on the names of diseases named after proper names such as names of people and places, the selection of medical literature, and the names of diseases with high frequency of use in the news media as an example. This article gives a brief overview of the origin of Western medical names branded names and names to enrich medical English Classroom teaching enables students to understand Western culture of disease naming.