a form of anaemia caused by contact with broad beans
favism in American English
(ˈfɑˌvɪzəm; ˈfeɪˌvɪzəm)
noun
an acute anemia in certain people, caused by their reaction to the fava bean or its pollen
favism in American English
(ˈfɑːvɪzəm)
noun
Pathology
acute hemolytic anemia caused by ingestion or inhalation of fava bean pollen
Word origin
[1900–05; ‹ It favismo, equiv. to fav(a) bean + -ismo -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, cathode-ray tube, clone, geopolitics, hormone
Examples of 'favism' in a sentence
favism
The family history of thalassemia, favism, and signs and symptoms related to anemia of participants were determined.
Mehrabani D, Pasalar M, Afrasiabi A. R, Mehravar Z, Reyhani I, Hamidi R, Karimi M 2009, 'Frequency of Thalassemia, Iron and Glucose-6Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency AmongTurkish Migrating Nomad Children in Southern Iran', Acta Medica Iranicahttp://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/12749.pdf&manuscript_id=12749. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An infectious agent such as a virus may play a role in the development of favism.
Salah Noori Ahmed 2013, 'Do favic patients resume fava beans ingestion later in their life, a study for this,and a new hypothesis for favism etiology', Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658387613000101. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)