favism
(noun) anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
• G6PD deficiency
Source: Wiktionary
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
