Meanings
- uncountablemedicineA 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: neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, NAITP, NAIT, feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, FMAIT, alloimmune thrombocytopenia, AIT
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Origin
Abbreviation of feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.
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FMAITP. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FMAITP
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