The paper presents a pilot study of the treatment of collocations in an electronic medicallexicon, MedLex, currently under construction at the University of Gothenburg, Departmentof Swedish. The lexicon is descriptive and intended to support both receptionand production. The study focuses on noun collocations, especially those which describediseases and medical conditions. We present an analysis model based on a combinationof semasiological and onomasiological premises. The model results in a classificationinto lexically conditioned collocations and type-related collocations. We also discuss howmedically related collocations may be described in the MedLex lexicon
