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favism (fa´vis-әm) an acute hemolytic anemia caused by ingestion of fava beans or inhalation of the pollen of the plant, usually occurring in certain individuals as a result of a genetic abnormality with a deficiency of an enzyme, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, in the erythrocytes. Called also fabism.
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