Definition of "ANC"

ANC

noun
countable and uncountable, plural ANCs
1. (medicine, immunology) Initialism of absolute neutrophil count: a blood test measuring the number of neutrophil granulocytes.
  Quotations
  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, page 121
2. (healthcare) Initialism of antenatal care.
3. (audio) Initialism of active noise control.
proper noun
1. (South Africa) Initialism of African National Congress.