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"Favism" Definition

noun

Anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency.
Source: Wordnet
A condition especially of males of Mediterranean descent that is marked by the development of hemolytic anemia upon consumption of broad beans or inhalation of broad bean pollen and is caused by a usually inherited deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate.

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