Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

center for disease control and prevention

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables: cen-ter -for dis-ease -con-trol and pre-ven-tion
IPA

50

Scrabble Score

36

Letters

8

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Questions

What does center for disease control and prevention mean?: 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)

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