NAIT
English
Etymology
Abbreviation of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.
Noun
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
- neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, NAITP
- feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, FMAITP, FMAIT
- alloimmune thrombocytopenia, AIT