Noun

• S: (n) Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC (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))
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority (an administrative unit of government) "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
• part holonym