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Table 3 Frequencies of adjectives

		Doctor documents		Patient documents
Term	Equivalent	Non-neuter singular indefinite	Plural and/or definite	Non-neuter singular indefinite	Plural and/or definite
sjuk	sick	165	462	333	371
smittad	infected	115	501	332	320
fet	fat	67	137	219	193
tjock	thick/fat	59	15	152	28
smal	thin	22	21	41	25
gravid	pregnant	78	471	651	402
allergisk	allergic	364	210	432	282
överkänslig	hypersensitive	15	10	72	15
deprimerad	depressed	20	89	79	42

Adjectives in non-expert documents have a stronger tendency to be in the singular indefinite form than adjectives in the expert documents. This corresponds to the patient documents having a tendency of being interactive in their approach while doctor documents often describe generic cases.

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