UMLS Metathesaurus

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A UMLS Metathesaurus is a very large, multi-purpose, and multi-lingual controlled vocabulary for the biomedical domain.



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  • (Schuyler et al., 1993) ⇒ Peri L. Schuyler, William T. Hole, Mark S. Tuttle, and David D. Sherertz. (1993). “The UMLS Metathesaurus: Representing Different Views of Biomedical Concepts.” In: Bull Med Libr Assoc, 81(2).
    • QUOTE: The UMLS Metathesaurus is a compilation of names, relationships, and associated information from a variety of biomedical naming systems representing different views of biomedical practice or research. The Metathesaurus is organized by meaning, and the fundamental unit in the Metathesaurus is the concept. Differing names for a biomedical meaning are linked in a single Metathesaurus concept. Extensive additional information describing semantic characteristics, occurrence in machine-readable information sources, and how concepts co-occur in these sources is also provided, enabling a greater comprehension of the concept in its various contexts. The Metathesaurus is not a standardized vocabulary; it is a tool for maximizing the usefulness of existing vocabularies. It serves as a knowledge source for developers of biomedical information applications and as a powerful resource for biomedical information specialists.