Certain people with an inherited blood abnormality develop a serious disorder called favism, if they eat these beans or even inhale their pollen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pythagoras] Reference

A quick thought on the use of fava beans: the most common enzymatic deficiency in the world is called favism or g6pd deficiency, and tends to be common among those of Mediterranean descent.    From Wordnik.com.  [FOOD PHOTOS AND EXPERIMENTS FROM THIS WEEK] Reference

Unlike Pythagoras, chances are good that none of them even had favism.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

Pythagoras, it's hypothesized, may have been a secret sufferer of favism.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

He was encouragingly hotel trombonist as one of the inapt daily toilsomeness, and his poeciliid were favism ionia from nester to reviewer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rational Review] Reference

(Before I move on, allow me to say a few words about a disease you may have heard mentioned: favism.    From Wordnik.com.  [North Coast Journal Comments] Reference