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CAN (acronym in a blood count)

English translation: ANC = Absolute Neutrophil Count

22:47 Sep 3, 2022
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Medical - Medical (general) / Blood Test
Spanish term or phrase: CAN (acronym in a blood count)
Hello, I need help translating an acronym from a blood test in Cuba. Everything looks pretty straightforward, but I can't figure out what CAN stands for. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hemograma:
Hb: 10.8 g/dL
Hto: 0.34
Plaq: 202 x 109/L

CAN = 2664 mm3
Teresa Kennedy
United States
Local time: 01:07
English translation:ANC = Absolute Neutrophil Count
Explanation:
The initialism CAN stands for "cuenta absoluta de neutrófilos." You can find this, along this over 30,000 additional Spanish medical abbreviations, in Cosnautas at cosnautas.com.

See: http://www.marrowforums.org/tools/anc.html

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Note added at 11 mins (2022-09-03 22:58:28 GMT)
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Oops ... along WITH over 30,000 additional Spanish medical abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms. Cosnautas is an indispensable resource for medical translators.
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Joseph Tein
United States
Local time: 01:07
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5 +6ANC = Absolute Neutrophil Count
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CAN
ANC = Absolute Neutrophil Count


Explanation:
The initialism CAN stands for "cuenta absoluta de neutrófilos." You can find this, along this over 30,000 additional Spanish medical abbreviations, in Cosnautas at cosnautas.com.

See: http://www.marrowforums.org/tools/anc.html

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Note added at 11 mins (2022-09-03 22:58:28 GMT)
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Oops ... along WITH over 30,000 additional Spanish medical abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms. Cosnautas is an indispensable resource for medical translators.

Joseph Tein
United States
Local time: 01:07
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 412
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Thank you!
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Asker: Many thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: So there should be a slash after the 2,664, right?
9 mins
  -> Hi Phil. Right: "The ANC refers to the total number of neutrophil granulocytes present in the blood. Normal value: ≥ 1500 cells/mm3."
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
37 mins
  -> Hi Muriel. Thanks. Hope you've been doing well.
agree  Andrew Bramhall
39 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  José Patrício: https://glosbe.com/en/es/absolute neutrophil count
8 hrs
  -> Obrigado.
agree  Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
12 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Leda Roche
2 days 57 mins
  -> Hola Leda, gracias. (I learned my Spanish in Uruguay, many decades ago.)
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