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L. Jean-BaptisteOntologies with Pythonhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6552-9_9

9. Using medical terminologies with PyMedTermino and UMLS

Lamy Jean-Baptiste1  
(1)
Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, LIMICS, Sorbonne Université INSERM, UMR 1142, Bobigny, France
 

In this chapter, we will see how to import into Python the main medical terminologies from UMLS, using PyMedTermino, a module allowing these terminologies to be integrated into Owlready. We will also see how to link these terminologies together using the UMLS unified concepts (CUI).

9.1 UMLS

UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) is a collection of more than 400 terminologies from the biomedical field. UMLS also integrates mappings between the different terminologies. ...

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