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DALTONISM
deuteranopia, Daltonism, green-blindness
(noun) dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
Daltonism (uncountable)
(medicine, pathology) Inability or defective ability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, especially red-green color blindness.
Achromatopsia.
Synonyms
• (inability or defective ability to perceive or distinguish certain colors): color blindness, dichromatism
Hypernyms
• (inability or defective ability to perceive color): achromatism, achromatopia, achromatopsia
Anagrams
• mandolist
Noun
daltonism (uncountable)
Alternative letter-case form of Daltonism
Anagrams
• mandolist
Source: Wiktionary
Dal"ton*ism, n.
Definition: Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity. Nichol.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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