Study on Standardization of Medical Terms

本研究的目的是对基本医学术语进行标准化。基本医学术语被定义为报纸等公共使用的术语、医学以外的专业团体使用的术语以及出现在立法和/或卫生管理中的术语。1993年，日本医学会下属的专业学会的代表聚集并批准了上述政策。他们还商定，术语的选择将在每个专业学会编纂和出版的词典中进行。1994年，每个专业学会将从其词典中选出的术语提交给研究小组。研究小组将所有提交的术语汇编在一个表格中，显示了各个专业协会术语的差异。1995年，研究小组讨论了每个术语，并决定了要选择的术语及其标准化的日语表达。词条数为18420条。

The purpose of this study was to standardize basic medical terms. The basic medical terms were defined as those used in public such as newspapers, those used in professional communities other than medicine and those which appears in legislation and/or health administration.In 1993, representatives of 89 professional societies which belong to Japan Society of Medical Science gathered and approved the above policy. They also agreed that the selection of the terms are to be made among the dictionaries compiled and published in each professional society.In 1994, each professional society submitted the selected terms from their dictionaries to the study team. The study team compiled all the submitted terms in one table, which showed the differences of terms in each professional society.In 1995, the study team discussed each term and decided the terms to be selected and its standardized Japanese expressions. The number of terms was 18420.