Medical Terminologies MCP vs Medical MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Medical Terminologies MCP and Medical MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Medical Terminologies MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: WHO_API_KEY, SNOWSTORM_URL, SNOWSTORM_AUTH.
• Primary tools included: icd11_search, icd11_lookup, icd11_hierarchy.

Explore Medical Terminologies MCP Details

Choose Medical MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: FDA drug search and NDC lookups, WHO health statistics access, PubMed, Scholar, and multi-database literature search.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Medical Terminologies MCP SidneyBissoli Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics	Medical MCP JamesANZ Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics
Summary	Unified MCP server for ICD-11 (WHO), LOINC, RxNorm, MeSH (NLM), ATC, CID-10 (Brazilian DataSUS), and optional SNOMED CT. 28 tools (34 with SNOMED) with structuredContent + outputSchema on every default tool. Hosted on Cloudflare Workers, listed on Smithery, and on npm.	An MCP server that provides access to medical information, drug databases, and healthcare resources. Enables AI assistants to query medical data, drug interactions, and clinical guidelines.
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Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sidneybissoli-medical-terminologies-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sidneybissoli-medical-terminologies-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WHO_API_KEY": "YOUR_WHO_API_KEY_HERE",
        "SNOWSTORM_URL": "YOUR_SNOWSTORM_URL_HERE",
        "SNOWSTORM_AUTH": "YOUR_SNOWSTORM_AUTH_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jamesanz-medical-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "jamesanz-medical-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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