CBD

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

English

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

Initialism of case-based discussion.
Initialism of central business district.
Initialism of consortium board of directors.
(software engineering) Initialism of component-based development.
Synonym: CBSE
(military) Initialism of chemical and biological defence.
(hairdressing) Initialism of cut and blow-dry.
(organic chemistry) Abbreviation of cannabidiol.
Coordinate terms: CBDV, THC
- 2018 October 27, Alex Williams, “Why Is CBD Everywhere?”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:
  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, ISSN 0362-4331:
  “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.
(anatomy) Initialism of common bile duct.
(pathology) Initialism of corticobasal degeneration.
Coordinate terms: MSA, PSP

CBD

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