center for disease control and prevention

Noun center for disease control and prevention has 1 sense

• center for disease control and prevention(n = noun.group) 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);
is a part of department of health and human services, health and human services, hhs, atlanta, capital of georgia
is a kind of agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office