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A New Enhanced Arabic Light Stemmer for IR in Medical Documents

Ra’ed M. Al-Khatib^1,*, Taha Zerrouki², Mohammed M. Abu Shquier³, Amar Balla⁴, Asef Al-Khateeb⁵

1 Department of Computer Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, 21163, Jordan
2 Faculty of Sciences and Applied Sciences, Bouira University, Bouira, Algeria
3 Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Jerash University, Jordan
4 Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Informatique (ESI), Algiers, Algeria
5 Department of Computer Science, College of Shari’a and Islamic Studies in Al Ahsaa, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Saudi Arabia

* Corresponding Author: Ra’ed M. Al-Khatib. Email: