FMAITP

noun

FMAITP

noun

Etymology Abbreviation of feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences 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: neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, NAITP, NAIT, feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, FMAIT, alloimmune thrombocytopenia, AIT

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