"ANC" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} ANC
  1. (South Africa) Initialism of African National Congress. Tags: South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: African National Congress Categories (topical): South African politics Translations (African National Congress): 非國大 (Chinese Mandarin), 非国大 (Fēiguódà) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-ANC-en-name-yHSjsk~K Disambiguation of South African politics: 72 6 7 16 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 16 19 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 14 10 16

Noun

Forms: ANCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ANC (countable and uncountable, plural ANCs)
  1. (medicine, immunology) Initialism of absolute neutrophil count: a blood test measuring the number of neutrophil granulocytes. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: absolute neutrophil count (extra: a blood test measuring the number of neutrophil granulocytes) Categories (topical): Immunology, Medicine Translations (absolute neutrophil count): تِعْدَاد العَدِلَات المُطْلَق (tiʕdād al-ʕadilāt al-muṭlaq) (Arabic)
    Sense id: en-ANC-en-noun-pQ2zH9k9 Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'absolute neutrophil count': 93 2 5
  2. (healthcare) Initialism of antenatal care. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: antenatal care Categories (topical): Healthcare
    Sense id: en-ANC-en-noun-5cMBXc1v Topics: government, healthcare
  3. (audio) Initialism of active noise control. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: active noise control
    Sense id: en-ANC-en-noun-6jnHHUa8 Topics: audio, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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