A term used in discussion of coding and classification for the process in which the meaning of a term is forced into a standardized, structured language by dissecting the term into its components, each component having its own standard terminology (and codes). Examples are the Standard Nomenclature of Diseases and Operations (SNDO) (American Medical Association, 1961) and the Systematized Nomenclature of Human and Veterinary Medicine (SNOMED International) (College of American Pathologists, 1993).