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Favism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Favism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency

2

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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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
anemia
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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