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favism

fa·vism [ f vìzzəm ]


noun 
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hereditary allergic disease: acute anemia caused by an allergic reaction to broad beans or the plant's pollen, usually as a result of a hereditary enzyme deficiency

[Early 20th century. < Italian favismo< fava "broad bean" (see fava bean)]
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