FMAITP
English
editEtymology
editAbbreviation of feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.
Noun
editFMAITP (uncountable)
- (pathology) A deficiency in the number of platelets in a fetus' blood, due to the mother's antibodies having been passed via the placenta and attacking the fetus' own platelets.
Synonyms
edit- neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, NAITP, NAIT
- feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, FMAIT
- alloimmune thrombocytopenia, AIT