Associations to the word «Favism»

Wiktionary

FAVISM, 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.

Dictionary definition

FAVISM, noun. Anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency.

Wise words

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Baruch Spinoza