title: The computerized medical record in gastroenterology: part 2. Morphological (descriptive) data.
abstract: The linguistic problems involved in the communication of morphological (descriptive) data resulting from investigations performed by physicians were solved by the use of an artificial English language based on: (a) the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) completed by a set of semantic modifiers (mainly adjectives), (b) an elementary syntax using some prepositions and conjunctions, (c) a few simple rules of punctuation and lay-out.
mesh_terms: D002965:Classification; D003201:Computers; D005762:Gastroenterology; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D008511:Medicine; D013358:Subject Headings; D009626:Terminology as Topic