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CDC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
CDC; Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("CDC" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("CDC" is a part of...):
Department of Health and Human Services; Health and Human Services; HHS (the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979)
Atlanta; capital of Georgia (state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War)
Context examples:
But the CDC could not say for sure if meningitis caused the deaths.
(Experts Link Fatal Mystery Illness in Liberia to Meningitis Bacteria, VOA)
Monoclonal antibody AbGn-7 targets and binds to the carbohydrate AbGn-7 antigen on the cell surface of tumor cells and may induce complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC), thereby killing AbGn-7-epitope positive tumor cells.
(Monoclonal Antibody AbGn-7, NCI Thesaurus)
The CDC is responsible for controlling the induction and spread of infectious diseases, and provides consultation and assistance to other nations and international agencies to assist in improving their disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion activities.
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCI Thesaurus)
A program of the CDC.
(National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, NCI Thesaurus)
As the Fc region of the orgnial IgG1 MoAb was replaced with the IgG4 isotype, IMMU-114 does not induce a complement cytotoxicity (CDC) or an antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) . HLA-DR, a MHC class II molecule, is found on various b-cell hematologic malignancies and in autoimmune diseases as well as on normal cells.
(Anti-HLA-DR Monoclonal Antibody IMMU-114, NCI Thesaurus)
To better understand how different dietary components affect the risk of dying from these diseases, a research team led by Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian of Tufts University analyzed data from CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and national disease-specific mortality data.
(How dietary factors influence disease risk, NIH)
The CDC now uses a reference level of 5 micrograms per deciliter, to identify children with blood lead levels that are much higher than normal, and recommends educating parents on reducing sources of lead in their environment and continued monitoring of blood lead levels.
(Lead in kids’ blood linked with behavioral and emotional problems, NIH)
The virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces, according to a new study from National Institutes of Health, CDC, UCLA and Princeton University scientists.
(New coronavirus stable for hours on surface, National Institutes of Health)
Upon intravenous administration, anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody Chi Lob 7/4 binds to CD40 on a variety of immune cell types, triggering the cellular proliferation and activation of antigen-presenting cells (APCs), activating B cells and T cells, and enhancing the immune response; in addition, this agent binds to the CD40 antigen present on the surfaces of some solid tumor cells, resulting in complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) and antibody-dependent cytotoxicity (ADCC) eventually resulting in decreased tumor growth.
(Anti-CD40 Monoclonal Antibody Chi Lob 7/4, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called CDC.
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCI Dictionary)
