Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
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);
[syn: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
n 1: 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) [syn: Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, CDC]