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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