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CDC

Specialty Definition: CDC

DomainDefinition

Computing

CDC Control Data Corporation. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Agriculture

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: CDC

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

CDC

DutchCenter for Disease Control and PreventionMedicine

CDC

EnglishCommonwealth Development CorporationN/A

CDC

FrenchCentre de contrôle des maladiesMedicine

CDC

GermanKameruner EntwicklungsgesellschaftN/A

CDC

ItalianCiclo di divisione cellulareMedicine

CDC

SpanishCentro de control de enfermedadesMedicine

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: CDC

English words defined with "CDC": terza rima. (references)
Specialty definitions using "CDC": Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Algorithmic Processor Description LanguageCATO, Community Development Corporation, CYBILFormula ALGOLGeneral Purpose LanguageMeta, Michigan Algorithm DecoderPascal-SYMPLTC/IX, TLAs. (references)

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Commercial Usage: CDC

DomainTitle

References

  • CDC SPA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • 21st Century Complete Guide to Genetics and Preventive Medicine: CDC Programs on Chronic Disease Prevention, Human Genome Epidemiology, Case Studies on High Risk Families, Genetic Testing and Public Health (reference)

  • Thomson Financial Mutual Fund Report : NECBX: CDC Nvest Capital Growth Class B Fund [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Shane Stalcup Fly Tying Library: Tying with CDC (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: CDC

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Operators answering calls at CDC switchboard. Credit: CDC.

CDC spray equipment leaving the warehouse at a field office in Laredo, TX, for work in a flood area. Credit: CDC.

Pictured here is a trial run of a patient taken from CDC to a nearby medical center. A doctor is administering care to the patient with supportive help from the Isolation Unit medical staff. Credit: CDC.

The Lunar Receiving Station shipped in refurbished condition to CDC by NASA, was to be used in the event one of the CDC team members became ill while working with the first Ebola virus outbreak. It is currently stored at CDC's Lawrenceville facility. Credit: CDC.

Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, the CDC has been at the forefront of HIV investigation and lab research. Credit: CDC.

CDC lab technician, Dana Shealy, is conducting a lab experiment in the toxicology robotics lab. Credit: CDC.

Since 1946, CDC has expanded its Clifton Road campus, as well as increased the number of facilities worldwide. As of 2002, CDC has approximately 8,500 employees in 170 occupations. Credit: CDC.

Crowd waiting for oral polio vaccine in 1962. Today CDC now recommends that we give only the injectable vaccine because of the very small chance that the oral dose can lead to a polio infection. Credit: CDC.

This poster is part of a series of posters collected throughout the world on smallpox and/or measles vaccination. In 1966, the CDC began the worldwide smallpox eradication campaign in Africa and by 1979 the world was declared smallpox-free. Credit: CDC.

Dr. Walter Dowdle, Dr. William Foege, and Dr. David Fraser at the Senate Hearing on Legionnaires' disease held at the CDC, in 1977. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: CDC

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

CDC is not a regulatory agency. (references)

CDC. Pertussis surveillance report. (references)

CDC. Toxic-shock syndrome United States. (references)

Business

Some local brands include IBN, RBN, CDC, FIBER, MYCOM, DC, BYTE, PC Net, More, etc. mainly using parts and peripherals from Taiwan, Korea and Malaysia. (references)

Economic History

Botswana

CDC is located on Ditlhakore Way in Gaborone. (references)

Tanzania

Several venture capitals (including FEDHA Fund and CDC Capital Partners) have been established which offer substantial equity injection to potential business establishment. (references)

Botswana

Under the 1999 U.S. Government's Leadership and Investment in Fighting an Epidemic (LIFE) Initiative, CDC through the BOTUSA Project has undertaken many projects and has assisted many organizations in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Botswana. (references)

Trade

Kenya

Its shareholders are CDC, DEG (the German Investment & Development Company), Barclays Bank of Kenya and Development Bank of Kenya. (references)

Travel

Nepal

Additional information on health matters can be obtained from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention's International Traveler's Hotline at 888/232-3228, the autofax service at 888/232-3299, or by visiting the CDC home page on the Internet at http://www.cdc.gov/. (references)

Turkey

Information on vaccinations and other health precautions can be obtained from the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention's (CDC) hotline for international travelers at 1-877-FYI-TRIP (1-877-394-8747), fax 1-800-CDC-FAXX (1-800-232-3299), or via CDC's Internet site at http://www.cdc.gov/. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: CDC

"CDC" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.18% of the time. "CDC" is used about 83 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)95.18%7937,388
Noun (singular)2.41%2245,945
Noun (common)2.41%2245,945
                    Total100.00%83N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: CDC

CountryName
Italy

CDC SPA

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: CDC

Expression using "CDC": cdc gene. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CDC

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cdc

5,168

cdc job

15

cdc sars

96

cdc government

15

cdc chart growth

48

aiwa cdc x217

15

atlanta cdc

47

aids cdc

13

cdc mp3

35

cdc credit union

13

cdc federal credit union

35

cdc.gov ddt ddthome.htm nccdphp

13

cdc.gov nip

34

cdc funds nvest

13

cdc new

34

cdc.gov pox small

13

cdc ixis

31

aiwa cdc mp32

12

cdc foundation

27

cdc nile west

12

cdc diabetes

26

cdc computer

11

cdc travel

25

cdc home page

10

cdc monkeypox

21

cdc dress

9

cdc guidelines

19

cdc small pox

9

aiwa cdc mp3

17

cdc health traveler

9

cdc nile virus west

17

aiwa cdc x227

9

cdc nvest

17

cdc center control disease

9

cdc monkey pox

16

aiwa cdc z117

9

cdc site web

16

cdc obesity

9

cdc hiv

15

cdc lyme disease

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CDC

Language Translations for "CDC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

gène du cycle de division cellulaire (cdc gene), gène cdc (cdc gene). (various references)

   

German

  

cdc-Gen (cdc gene, cell-division-cycle gene), Gen des Zellteilungszyklus (cdc gene, cell-division-cycle gene). (various references)

   

Italian

  

gene del ciclo di divisione cellulare (cdc gene, cell-division-cycle gene), gene cdc (cdc gene, cell-division-cycle gene). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

cdcay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CDC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "c-c-d"
 

+2 letters: codec, cycad.

 

+3 letters: accede, accord, acidic, cached, cadmic, cicada, coccid, cocked, codecs, cycads, cycled, decoct, sicced.

 

+4 letters: acceded, acceder, accedes, accidia, accidie, accords, accrued, accused, cackled, cacodyl, cactoid, caddice, cadence, cadency, caducei, cardiac, cascade, chalcid, chanced, checked, chocked, chucked, cicadae, cicadas, cichlid, cinched, circled, clacked, cliched, clicked, clocked, clucked, coached, coacted, coccids, coccoid, cockade, cockled, codices, codicil, coerced, comedic, concede, concord, conduce, conduct, couched, cracked, cricked, cricoid, crocked, cuckold, culicid, cycloid, decency, decocts, deictic, dicycly, docetic, ecocide, flaccid, flocced, icicled, occlude, octadic, saccade, scaldic, scandic, sconced, specced, succeed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Names: Company Usage
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Abbreviations
11. Acronyms
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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