favism

favism definition - medical

fa·vism (fāˈvĭzˌəm)

noun
An acute hereditary condition in which the ingestion of certain species of beans, or the inhalation of the pollen of their flowers, causes fever, headache, abdominal pain, severe anemia, prostration, and coma.

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