CDC

1.
Centers for Disease Control.
Examples from the web for CDC
  • The CDC believes that the patient, a veterinarian, contracted plague from a stray cat.
British Dictionary definitions for CDC

CDC

abbreviation
1.
(in the US) Center for Disease Control
2.
Commonwealth Development Corporation
Word Origin and History for CDC

abbreviation of Centers for Disease Control, renamed 1970 from earlier U.S. federal health lab, originally Communicable Diseases Center (1946). Since 1992, full name is Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but the usual initialism remains CDC.

CDC in Medicine

CDC abbr.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC in Culture
CDC (Centers for Disease Control)

A government agency headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, which is responsible for the control and suppression of infectious diseases. It offers a national information database on infectious disease and national support to the health care community by providing research and control measures in response to imminent health threats, such as epidemics.

CDC in Technology

Control Data Corporation
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