UMLS 2017AB Release Available

The 2017AB release of the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Knowledge Sources is available for download as of November 6, 2017.

The UTS Metathesaurus Browser and the UTS SOAP API and REST API include the updated release.

In addition, the UTS SNOMED CT Browser now features the September 2017 US Edition of SNOMED CT.

Metathesaurus
The 2017AB Metathesaurus contains approximately 3.64 million concepts and 13.9 million unique concept names from 201 source vocabularies.

One new NCI sub-source:

• NCI_NCI-HGNC (NCI HUGO Gene Nomenclature)

One removed source:

• Medi-Span data (SAB=MDDB) has been removed from RxNorm at Wolters Kluwer's request. As of October 2017, Medi-Span data will not be included in the RxNorm or UMLS releases.

Fifty-nine English sources and 30 translation sources were updated. These include MeSH, MedDRA, RxNorm, and SNOMED CT (English and Spanish). A complete list is available in the Updated Sources section of the Release Documentation.  For more detailed information on changes in this version of the Metathesaurus, see the Updated Sources (Expanded) section. Additional release statistics may be found in the Statistics section.

Data Changes

• MRHIER file change: The maximum length for the HCD field is now 100 characters.

MetamorphoSys

• The full release requires 27.4 GB of disk space.
• NLM ceased production of the separate Active Release download for each UMLS Release. The full release includes the option to select the Active Subset during installation, as one of the options in the Default Subset Configuration window. The Active Subset option is equivalent to the Active Release.

Reported bugs may be viewed on the Release Notes and Bugs Web page.

MetamorphoSys can generate custom load scripts for MySQL, Oracle, or Microsoft Access when creating a Metathesaurus subset or installing the Semantic Network. Instructions are available on the UMLS Load Scripts homepage.

Release Information
To access the UMLS Release files, you must have an active UMLS Metathesaurus License and a valid UTS account. You will be prompted for your UTS username and password when downloading the files. 

UMLS Learning Resources
2017AB Source Release Documentation Web pages will be published following the release.

Additional information regarding the UMLS is available on the UMLS homepage. New users are encouraged to take the UMLS Basics Tutorial and to explore the UMLS Quick Start Guide, and other training materials.