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1. (noun) favism
anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency

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1. FAVISM
Hemolytic anemia due to the ingestion of fava beans or after inhalation of pollen from the Vicia fava plant by persons with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient erythrocytes.

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