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Definition of Favism

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

Definition of Favism

1. an acute anemia [n -S]

Medical Definition of Favism

1. Haemolytic anaemia induced in individuals who are glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficient by eating fava beans from Vicia fava. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Favism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Food Poisoning by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1917)
"favism (from fava, "bean") is an acute febrile anemia with jaundice and hemoglobinuria which occurs in Italy and has been attributed to the use of beans as ..."

2. The People by J. L. Angel (1971)
"This extra resistance seems to be typical also of G6PD deficiency (lack of the enzyme Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase) which also produces favism and ..."

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