Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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- proper noun
- /ˈsɛntər fɔr dɪˈziz kənˈtroʊl ənd prɪˈvɛnʃən/
- Formal
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Centro para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades
- BIP course offerings have the potential to counteract the negative trends in lifestyle, fitness, and overall health of Americans (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2000; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001).
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
With the holiday season coming up, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently sent out an alert warning about the dangers of eating raw cookie dough.
- With the holiday season coming up, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently sent out an alert warning about the dangers of eating raw cookie dough.
Examples
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We thank the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Ministry of Health, China, for coordinating and supporting the Chinese National Influenza Surveillance Network.
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We conducted a secondary data analysis comparing data from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a biennial survey in the U.S., to data from a survey conducted by the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic in 1997.
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Dr. Zhang is a physician in the Chinese Field Epidemiology Training Program at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
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With the holiday season coming up, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently sent out an alert warning about the dangers of eating raw cookie dough.
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We thank participating hospitals, local health departments, the Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong, for assistance with coordinating data collection.
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All the collected samples of FBD outbreak cases were tested according to the infectious disease guideline of the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDCP).
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At most, these studies show that approximately 70 percent of the nearly 486,000 legal abortions reported by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 1971 likely would have taken place under a regime of legal prohibition.
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Each week, 193 sentinel hospitals in 30 provinces report the total number of outpatient visits and the number of those patients with ILI by age group to a centralized online system maintained by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC).
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidelines for vaccine distribution.
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According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, flu cases are on the rise this winter.
Synonyms
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A U.S. government agency that studies and helps stop diseases
Surface Forms
Morphology
center + for + disease + control + and + prevention
The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'center' names a place/organization and 'for disease control and prevention' directly states its purpose, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer it is an organization that investigates, controls, and prevents diseases. Detailed institutional facts (e.g., that it is a U.S. federal agency in Atlanta or the acronym CDC) are not derivable, but the core meaning is immediately clear from the parts.
Etymology
Center for Disease Control and Prevention is a name that creates a clear image: a central place where experts watch for disease and try to control and prevent outbreaks. So, the name explains why today it means the U.S. agency that 'investigates' health problems and works to 'stop' them.