NAIT
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Abbreviation of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.
Noun
[edit]NAIT (uncountable)
- (pathology) An abnormally low number of platelets in a newborn's blood, due to the mother's antibodies having been passed via the placenta and attacking the child's own platelets.
Synonyms
[edit]- neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, NAITP
- feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, FMAITP, FMAIT
- alloimmune thrombocytopenia, AIT