FAVISM


Meaning of FAVISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfä-ˌvi-zəm ]

noun

Date: circa 1927

: a condition especially of males of Mediterranean descent that is marked by the development of hemolytic anemia upon consumption of broad beans or inhalation of broad bean pollen and is caused by a usually inherited deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.