The computerized medical record in gastroenterology: part 2. Morphological (descriptive) data

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.