FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Food and Drug Administration mean? 

• FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (noun)
  The noun FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION has 1 sense:

1. a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products

  Familiarity information: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

FDA; Food and Drug Administration

Hypernyms ("Food and Drug Administration" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Holonyms ("Food and Drug Administration" 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)

 Context examples 

The class of medical device as determined by the US Food and Drug Administration, based upon the level of control necessary to ensure safety and effectiveness (21 CFR 860).

(FDA Device Classification, NCI Thesaurus)

The center within the Food and Drug Administration that assures the safety and effectiveness of drugs that are made available to improve the health of people in the United States.

(Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, NCI Thesaurus)

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration decides whether a medicine is safe enough to sell over-the-counter.

(Over-the-Counter Medicines, Food and Drug Administration)

Also called Food and Drug Administration.

(FDA, NCI Dictionary)

Describes the legal use of a prescription drug to treat a disease or condition for which the drug has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

(Off-label, NCI Dictionary)

Drug Accountability Records are required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

(Drug Accountability Record, NCI Dictionary)

The investigator agrees to follow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Code of Federal Regulations for the clinical trial.

(Form FDA 1572, NCI Dictionary)

Common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) are used to study adverse event summaries and Investigational New Drug reports to the Food and Drug Administration.

(CDISC SDTM Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event Grade Terminology Version 4.0, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advises users that intoxicating pepper may cause severe liver damage.

(Intoxicating pepper, NCI Dictionary)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advises users that kava kava may cause severe liver damage.

(Kava kava, NCI Dictionary)