favism

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
6

Definition of favism

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)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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Etymology

From fava + -ism, after the fava bean.

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