FAVISM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("favism" is a kind of...):

anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)

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