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2024
favism
favism
English
Noun
favism
(
uncountable
)
(
medicine
)
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
: an
X-linked
recessive
genetic
condition that predisposes a person to
hemolysis
and resultant
jaundice
in response to certain
triggers
.
Etymology
fava
+
-ism
, after the fava bean.
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