CDC

See also: cdc

English

Proper noun

CDC

1. (business, historical) Initialism of Control Data Corporation.
2. (medicine, US politics) Initialism of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
   • 2017 March 20, Nadia Kounang, “Prescriptions may hold clues to who gets hooked on opioids, study says”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In 2016, the CDC established guidelines for prescribing narcotics for chronic pain.

   • 2018, Timothy R. Jennings, The Aging Brain, →ISBN, pages 64–65:

     A 2009 multistate CDC survey off over seventy thousand adults found that more than 35 percent of people slept fewer than seven hours per night.

   • 2025 August 28, Robert Mackey, quoting Mark Zaid and David Lowell, “CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she has been targeted.

3. (Java programming language) Initialism of Connected Device Configuration.
4. (Philippines, business) Initialism of Clark Development Corporation.

Noun

CDC (plural CDCs)

1. (computing) Initialism of change data capture.
2. (medicine) Initialism of centre for disease control.
3. (cooking) Initialism of chef de cuisine.
   • 2022 June 23, Christopher Storer, “System”, in Christopher Storer, director, The Bear, season 1, episode 1, via Hulu:

     Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri): You were the most excellent CDC at the most excellent restaurant in the entire United States of America. So, what are you doing here, I guess?
     Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White): Making sandwiches.

Further reading

• CDC on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CCD, DCC, cc'd

Catalan

Proper noun

CDC

1. (politics, initialism) initialism of Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya, a Catalan nationalist party

Portuguese

Etymology

Initialism for criador de conteúdo ("content creator"). Feminine form: criadora de conteúdo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse ˈde ˈse/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse ˈde ˈse/ [ˈse ˈðe ˈse]

Noun

CDC m or f by sense (plural CDCs)

1. (Internet, initialism) content creator (forum or page editor)

Further reading

• “CDC”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology 1

Proper noun

CDC f

1. initialism of Convergencia Democrática de Cataluña.
   • 2015 July 20, Clara Blanchar, Luis Martín, “Guardiola cerrará la lista independentista de Mas”, in El País‎^[3], archived from the original on 30 September 2017:

     Después de Romeva, la número dos de la lista es la expresidenta de la ANC, Carme Forcadell; seguida de la de Òmnium, Muriel Casals; el presidente de la Generalitat y líder de CDC, Artur Mas; y el de ERC, Oriol Junqueras.

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from English CDC (“Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”).

Proper noun

CDC m pl (plural only)

1. Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades; CDC
   • 2023 August 23, Brenda Goodman, “Informe de los CDC advierte que se ha detectado la variante BA.2.86 en aguas residuales de EE.UU.”, in CNN en Español‎^[4]:

     Los CDC no dieron detalles sobre dónde se había recogido la muestra positiva de aguas residuales, pero dijeron que formaba parte de la vigilancia rutinaria a través de su Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia de Aguas Residuales.

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   • 2025 June 9, Sarah Owermohle y Meg Tirrell, “RFK Jr. destituye a todos los miembros actuales del comité asesor de vacunas de los CDC”, in CNN en Español‎^[5]:

     El comité de los CDC tiene previsto reunirse del 25 al 27 de junio para debatir las vacunas contra el covid-19, el VSR, la influenza, el VPH y la enfermedad meningocócica. El HHS indicó que la reunión se llevará a cabo, lo que le da a la agencia aproximadamente dos semanas para conformar su panel asesor.

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