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BioPortal Get Concept

Get detailed information about a specific concept from a BioPortal ontology, including full definition, synonyms, CUI codes, and semantic types. Requires knowing the ontology acronym and concept IRI. Use BioPortal_search_ontology_terms first to find concept IDs, then use this tool for complete details. Example: get details for DOID:1909 (melanoma) from the DOID ontology, or GO:0006915 (apoptotic process) from the GO ontology.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 79msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 79ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "concept_id": {
      "description": "Full IRI of the concept. Examples: 'http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1909', 'http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0006915', 'http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001250'.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "ontology": {
      "description": "Ontology acronym in BioPortal. Examples: 'GO', 'HP', 'DOID', 'CHEBI', 'UBERON', 'NCIT', 'MESH', 'SNOMEDCT', 'RXNORM'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "ontology",
    "concept_id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default BioPortal Get Concept call

public-safeinput

{
  "concept_id": "",
  "ontology": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_BioPortal_get_concept
Tool name: BioPortal_get_concept
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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