CUD
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cud"
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʌd/
- Rhymes: -ʌd
- IPA(key): /siː juː diː/
Noun
CUD (uncountable)
- (databases, programming) Acronym of create, update, delete, the basic operations of a database management system.
- (psychiatry) Initialism of cannabis use disorder.
- 2023 May 8, Jeanette Settembre, “Heavy cannabis use linked to schizophrenia in young men: study”, in New York Post[1], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 May 2023:
- The study’s authors stated that in 2021, CUD played an integral role in 15% of cases occurring in men aged 16 to 49, and in 4% of cases affecting women in the same age range.
- 2024 July 3, Charles Fain Lehman, “The Real Problem With Legal Weed”, in The New York Times Magazine[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 July 2024:
- [T]he Diagnostic and Statistical Manual defines CUD in part as “an inability to stop using marijuana even though it’s causing health and social problems.”
- 2026 May 8, Shannon Keating, “I didn’t think I could get addicted to weed. I was wrong – and I’m not alone”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 May 2026:
- Studies have shown the risk of developing CUD is greater for those who start using before the age of 25, as Amy did, and for those who use heavily or have pre-existing mental health issues or genetic predispositions to developing addiction.
