NAIT
English
editEtymology
editAbbreviation of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.
Noun
editNAIT (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