favism
IPA: fˈeɪvɪzʌm
noun
- (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.
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Examples of "favism" in Sentences
- To make matters worse, some people have an extreme allergic reaction to fava skins, called favism.
- Vicine and convicine in the fava bean cause a blood-cell-destroying anemia, favism, in susceptible people p.
- Certain people with an inherited blood abnormality develop a serious disorder called favism, if they eat these beans or even inhale their pollen.
- A quick thought on the use of fava beans: the most common enzymatic deficiency in the world is called favism or g6pd deficiency, and tends to be common among those of Mediterranean descent.
- Interestingly, fava beans are widely known as a major trigger substance, leading to the oft-used colloquial name of favism for the disorder and the intriguing historical speculation that "favism has been known to exist since antiquity; the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras was said to have warned his disciples against the dangers of eating fava beans."
- (Interestingly, fava beans are widely known as a major trigger substance, leading to the oft-used colloquial name of favism for the disorder and the intriguing historical speculation that "favism has been known to exist since antiquity; the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras was said to have warned his disciples against the dangers of eating fava beans.")
- Some people of eastern Mediterranean and southern Italian origins suffer from a hereditary enzyme deficiency called favism, the symptoms of which, anemia, jaundice, fever, and diarrhea, can be brought on by eating fava beans.55 These beans had been grown in Languedoc long before seeds of Phaseolus beans were brought there from Spain at the end of the sixteenth century.
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