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UMLS API

The U.S. National Library of Medicine’s UMLS API supports searching biomedical terms, concepts, and relationships, including cross-vocabulary queries and concept mapping. Access requires a UMLS account and applicable licensing, subject to source vocabulary restrictions.

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List atom ancestors

Retrieves ancestors of a UMLS atom

HealthcareUmlsTerminologySample: aui, release
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List atom parents

Retrieves parents of a UMLS atom

HealthcareUmlsTerminologySample: aui, release
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Retrieve atom

Retrieves information about a specific UMLS atom by AUI

HealthcareUmlsTerminologySample: aui, release
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List atoms for CUI

Retrieves all atoms for a given CUI

HealthcareUmlsTerminologySample: cui, release
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Retrieve preferred atom for CUI

Retrieves the default preferred atom of a given CUI

HealthcareUmlsTerminologySample: cui, release
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List atoms for source concept

Retrieves atoms belonging to a source concept

HealthcareUmlsTerminologySample: sab, release, source_concept
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Retrieve preferred atom for source concept

Retrieves the default preferred atom belonging to a source concept

HealthcareUmlsTerminologySample: sab, release, source_concept
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Retrieves atoms and information about atoms for a known CUI

Retrieves atoms and information about atoms for a known CUI

HealthcareTerminologyUmlsSample: CUI, version
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Retrieve UMLS Concept Definitions

Retrieves definitions of the CUI

HealthcareUmlsConceptsSample: cui, release
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Retrieves NLM-asserted relationships for a known CUI

Retrieves NLM-asserted relationships for a known CUI

HealthcareTerminologyUmlsSample: CUI, version
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Retrieving Source-Asserted Descendants

Retrieves descendants of a source-asserted identifier. Returns paginated list of SourceAtomCluster objects.

HealthcareTerminologyUmlsSample: sabs, release, identifier
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Retrieving Source-Asserted Relations

Retrieves relationships of a source-asserted identifier such as a LOINC code.

HealthcareTerminologyUmlsSample: release, identifier, rootSource
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Retrieves all relationships of a source-asserted identifier

Retrieves all relationships of a source-asserted identifier

HealthcareTerminologyUmlsSample: id, source, version
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Crosswalk Vocabulary Codes Using CUIs

Retrieves codes from other UMLS source vocabularies that share a UMLS Concept Unique Identifier (CUI) with the given source-asserted identifier.

HealthcareBiomedicalTerminologySample: source, version, identifier
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Crosswalk Vocabularies Using CUIs

Retrieves all codes that share a UMLS CUI with the given source code from specified or all UMLS source vocabularies.

HealthcareMedicalTerminologySample: code, source, release
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Retrieve UMLS Vocabulary Metadata

Retrieves information about all UMLS Vocabularies for a given UMLS release version.

HealthcareBiomedicalTerminologySample: version
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Retrieve UMLS Vocabulary Sources Metadata

Retrieves metadata about available UMLS vocabulary sources in the current version.

HealthcareBiomedicalMetadata
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List Releases

This API endpoint provides a list of releases for RxNorm, SNOMED CT, and UMLS. You can use this endpoint to get the latest release or to obtain past releases.

HealthcareTerminologyUmls
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Retrieve Semantic Type Information

Retrieves semantic type information by identifier using the semantic-network endpoint.

HealthcareBiomedicalOntologySample: tui, version
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Retrieves information for a known Semantic Type identifier (TUI)

Retrieves information for a known Semantic Type identifier (TUI)

HealthcareTerminologyUmlsSample: id, version
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