ANC

See also: anc, and 'anc

English

Noun

ANC (countable and uncountable, plural ANCs)

1. (medicine, immunology) Initialism of absolute neutrophil count: a blood test measuring the number of neutrophil granulocytes.
   • 2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 121:

     On November 28 Jane's bloodwork chart provided the exaltation we looked for. The column for ANCs, resolutely 0 day after day, showed the figure 1. The single ANC was evidence that the new marrow was engrafting, beginning to produce a new immune system, the most significant marker in the journey of the hundred days.

2. (healthcare) Initialism of antenatal care.
3. (audio) Initialism of active noise control.

Translations

absolute neutrophil count

• Arabic: تِعْدَاد العَدِلَات المُطْلَق (tiʕdād al-ʕadilāt al-muṭlaq)

Proper noun

ANC

1. (South Africa) Initialism of African National Congress.

Translations

African National Congress

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非國大／非国大 (Fēiguódà)

Anagrams

• CAN, CNA, Can, Can., NAC, NCA, can

Catalan

Proper noun

ANC f

1. Initialism of Assemblea Nacional Catalana (“Catalan National Assembly”).