CDC
pronunciation
How to pronounce CDC in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce CDC in American English:
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- Noun:
- a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)
Word Origin
- 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 (acronym) remains CDC.
Example
- 1. Further information on this topic can be found on the cdc website .
- 2. Five were pregnant women -- something the cdc also cautioned about last week .
- 3. Swine flu cases up to 45 , cdc officials confirm ; travelers urged to avoid mexico
- 4. The cdc advocates that children and young adults be among the first to receive the " panflu " vaccine .
- 5. Cdc laboratory work so far has established that the haitian cholera strain is one that 's been identified in latin america , asia and africa .