Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun center_for_disease_control_and_prevention

1 sense of center for disease control and prevention

Sense 1
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC -- (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))
       => agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority -- (an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority")