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FAVISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does favism mean?
• FAVISM (noun)
The noun FAVISM has 1 sense:
1. anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency
Familiarity information: FAVISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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...):
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