| Challenge: | a terminological tool is developed to solve communication problems in medical language . medical terminology is often semantically complex and difficult to understand . |
| Approach: | They propose a terminological tool that solves problems related to the opacity of medical language . they use a multilingual terminological-phraseological resource called TriMED to analyze medical terminology . |
| Outcome: | The proposed tool solves problems related to the opacity that characterizes communication in the medical field among its actors. |
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