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FAVISM
favism
(noun) anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
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.
Synonyms
• glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
• G6PD deficiency
Source: Wiktionary
Word of the Day
19 June 2025
ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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