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ANC en · NOUN

(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of absolute neutrophil count, a blood test measuring the number of neutrophil granulocytes.
alt of absolute neutrophil count
- 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. 2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 121:
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of antenatal care.
alt of antenatal care
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of active noise control or active noise cancellation.
alt of active noise control or active noise cancellation
(South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:marriage, uncountable) Initialism of antenuptial contract.
alt of antenuptial contract

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ar تِعْدَاد العَدِلَات المُطْلَق (absolute neutrophil count)

(South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of African National Congress.
alt of African National Congress
- 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. 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, archived from the original on 14 May 2025:

cmn 非國大 /非国大 (African National Congress)