CBD

See also: C.B.D. and C. B. D.

English

Noun

CBD (countable and uncountable, plural CBDs or CBD's)

1. Initialism of case-based discussion.
2. Initialism of central business district.
3. Initialism of consortium board of directors.
4. (software engineering) Initialism of component-based development.

   Synonym: CBSE

5. (military) Initialism of chemical and biological defence.
6. (hairdressing) Initialism of cut and blow-dry.
7. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of cannabidiol.

   Coordinate terms: CBDV, THC

   • 2018 October 27, Alex Williams, “Why Is CBD Everywhere?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     It’s hard to say the precise moment when CBD, the voguish cannabis derivative, went from being a fidget spinner alternative for stoners to a mainstream panacea.

   • 2019 February 25, Roni Caryn Rabin, quoting Dustin Lee, “CBD Is Everywhere, but Scientists Still Don’t Know Much About It”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     “It is a kind of a new snake oil in the sense that there are a lot of claims and not so much evidence,” said Dustin Lee, an assistant professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University who is planning a human trial of CBD for use in quitting smoking.

8. (anatomy) Initialism of common bile duct.
9. Initialism of corticobasal degeneration.

Further reading

• component-based development on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• central business district on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cannabidiol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• BCD, BDC, DBC, DbC

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German

Noun

CBD

1. Initialism of Cannabidiol.