What Does UMLS Stand For?
UMLS stands for Unified Medical Language System
The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) is a set of tools and resources developed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine designed to facilitate the interoperability of biomedical information. It integrates and links various biomedical vocabularies, classifications, and terminology to support information exchange and knowledge retrieval across disparate healthcare systems. UMLS aims to help healthcare professionals, researchers, and informaticists in managing and processing medical information efficiently.
Added on 14th April 2008 | Last edited on 16th June 2025 | Edit Acronym