CCE

CCE

English

Proper noun

CCE

1. (lexicography) Initialism of Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary.

Noun

CCE (uncountable)

1. (Singapore, education) Initialism of character and citizenship education.
2. (medicine, chiefly in the negative) Acronym of clubbing, cyanosis, or edema, used to describe the hands and feet of patients.
   • 2009, James D. Coyley; Patrick J. Fahey, “Deep Vein Thrombosis”, in Terry L. Schinghammer; Julia M. Koehler, editors, Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach‎, seventh edition, McGraw Hill, DOI:10.1036/0071488359, →ISBN, page 59:

     MS [musculoskeletal]/Ext [extremities] ¶ Upper extremities: normal by inspection, no CCE, normal ROM [range of motion]. ¶ Lower extremities: no CCE, normal ROM [range of motion]. Right calf tender with mild swelling. No obvious compartment syndrome.

Usage notes

• (medical): Frequently used in the records of patient evaluations from the start of a medical visits.

Anagrams

• ECC, Ecc.

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French

Noun

CCE m (plural CCEs)

1. (comité central d'entreprise) ≈ works council

Further reading

• “CCE”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.