FMAIT

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.

Noun

FMAIT (uncountable)

1. (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

• neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, NAITP, NAIT
• feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, FMAITP
• alloimmune thrombocytopenia, AIT