ANC

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.
4. (South Africa, marriage) Initialism of antenuptial contract.

ANC

1. (South Africa) Initialism of African National Congress.
   • 2024 May 30, Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, “First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift since apartheid”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Once all the votes are counted, if the ANC remains below 50% it will be forced to enter a coalition with one or more parties. Depending on how low its support dips, it may need to form a deal with one of the larger opposition parties such as the DA or EFF to remain in power.

• CAN, CNA, Can, Can., NAC, NCA, can

ANC f

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

ANC f

1. initialism of Asamblea Nacional Catalana (“Catalan National Assembly”).
   • 2015 July 20, Clara Blanchar, Luis Martín, “Guardiola cerrará la lista independentista de Mas”, in El País‎^[2], archived from the original on 30 September 2017:

     El exfutbolista es socio de las dos entidades que también figuran a la candidatura, la ANC y Òmnium cultural, entidad a la que adscribió también sus tres hijos. […] Después de Romeva, la número dos de la lista es la expresidenta de la ANC, Carme Forcadell; seguida de la de Òmnium, Muriel Casals; el presidente de la Generalitat y líder de CDC, Artur Mas; y el de ERC, Oriol Junqueras.

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