Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Unified_Medical_Language_System_(UMLS)
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:knowledge_representation
medical ontology
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:UMLS
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Bodenreider_O._The_Unified_Medical_Language_System_(UMLS):_integrating_biomedical_terminology._Nucleic_Acids_Res._2004_Jan_1;32(Database_issue):D267-70.
gptkbp:component gptkb:Metathesaurus
gptkb:SPECIALIST_Lexicon
gptkb:Semantic_Network
gptkbp:contains concepts and relationships
standardized medical vocabularies
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:U.S._National_Library_of_Medicine
gptkbp:firstReleased 1986
gptkbp:hasVocabulary gptkb:LOINC
gptkb:RxNorm
gptkb:MeSH
gptkb:SNOMED_CT
gptkb:ICD-10
CPT
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:license gptkb:UMLS_Metathesaurus_License
gptkbp:purpose facilitate interoperability between health information systems
integrate biomedical terminology
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:UMLS_CUI_(Concept_Unique_Identifier)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:BioPortal
gptkb:Open_Biomedical_Ontologies
gptkbp:supports multilingual content
gptkbp:updated annually
gptkbp:usedIn medical research
natural language processing
electronic health records
clinical informatics
gptkbp:website https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Medical_Subject_Headings_(MeSH)
gptkb:The_National_Library_of_Medicine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6