FMAIT
English
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Etymology
[edit]Abbreviation of feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.
Noun
[edit]FMAIT (uncountable)
- (pathology) The presence of an abnormally small number of platelets in a fetus' blood, due to the mother's antibodies having been passed via the placenta and attacking the platelets.
Synonyms
[edit]- neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, NAITP, NAIT
- feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, FMAITP
- alloimmune thrombocytopenia, AIT