Morphosemantic Analysis of Compound Word Forms Denoting Surgical Procedures

L. M. Norton; M. G. Pacak

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1635417

Methods of Information in Medicine, Table of Contents

Methods Inf Med 1983; 22(01): 29-36
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1635417

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Morphosemantic Analysis of Compound Word Forms Denoting Surgical Procedures

Morphosemantische Analyse Zusammengesetzter Wortformen Zur Bezeichnung Chirurgischer Massnahmen

L. M. Norton

¹From the Laboratory of Statistical and Mathematical Methodology, Division of Computer Research and Technology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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M. G. Pacak

¹From the Laboratory of Statistical and Mathematical Methodology, Division of Computer Research and Technology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Abstract

This paper describes a methodology for automated morphosemantic segmentation and semantic interpretation (paraphrasing rules) of medical compound word forms derived from Greek and Latin and denoting surgical procedures. Possible applications of such a procedure in medicine include the construction of computer-based medical dictionaries, automated processing of medical language, facilitation of international communication through national medical language, and vocabulary training for medical and paramedical personnel.

In dieser Arbeit wird eine Methodik zur automatischen morphosemantischen Segmentierung und semantischen Interpretation (Paraphrasierregeln) zusammengesetzter medizinischer Wortformen aus dem Griechischen und Lateinischen, die chirurgische Maßnahmen bezeichnen, beschrieben. Eine mögliche Anwendungsform eines solchen Verfahrens in der Medizin ist die Erstellung computerunterstützter medizinischer Wörterbücher, die automatische Verarbeitung der medizinischen Sprache, die Erleichterung der internationalen Kommunikation durch eine nationale medizinische Sprache und die Spracherziehung für medizinisches und paramedizinisches Personal.

Key-Words

Medical Terminology - Componential Morphosemantic Analysis - Automated Compound Word Segmentation - Paraphrasing

Schlüssel-Wörter

Medizinische Terminologie - Analyse morphosemantischer Komponenten - automatische Segmentierung zusammengesetzter Wörter - Paraphrasierung

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