English Explanatory Dictionary

ait

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
noun
  1. An oat.
noun
  1. Initialism of alloimmune thrombocytopenia: a too-low number of platelets in the blood, especially of a newborn or fetus, due to alloimmunity.
  2. Initialism of allergen immunotherapy.
  3. Initialism of auditory integration training.
  4. Initialism of autoignition temperature.
name
  1. Initialism of Austrian Institute of Technology (Austria's largest Research and Technology Organization (RTO)).

Pronunciation

/eɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ait.wav

Word forms

ait aits eight eyet eyot

Etymology

From Middle English eyt, eit, from Old English īġeoþ, īgoþ, iggaþ, iggoþ (“ait, eyot, islet, small island”), diminutive of īġ, ēġ, īeġ (“island”). More at eyot.

Synonyms

eyot neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia NAITP NAIT feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia FMAITP FMAIT alloimmune thrombocytopenia
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