color blindness

Noun

Meaning

genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

color-blindness

Synonyms

colour blindness color vision deficiency colour vision deficiency ichthyosis hemophilia monochromatic albinism amblyopia dichromatic daltonism dichromatism birth defect deuteranopia monochromacy mongolism

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Hypernyms

birth defect congenital disorder vision defect congenital abnormality congenital anomaly congenital defect

Hyponyms

dichromatism monochromacy monochromatism dichromacy dichromasy dichromatopsia

Examples

Color-blindness generally means you cannot distinguish between certain colors. Source: Internet

Blue color blindness is caused by a simple mutation in this gene. Source: Internet

Cohen, p. 105 He then tried to enlist in the Army in December 1944, but failed the physical exam due to a double hernia, color blindness, and calcification of the lungs. Source: Internet

Color blindness involving the inactivation of the short-wavelength sensitive cone system (whose absorption spectrum peaks in the bluish-violet) is called tritanopia or, loosely, blue–yellow color blindness. Source: Internet

And people with color blindness are encouraged to try the Adjust for colors for red-green vision deficiency option (protanopia, deuteranopia). Source: Internet

However, we also know that some people are missing certain (or all of) types of cone cells in the eye; thus giving rise to color blindness and other such ocular variances. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

color bearer color between red and blue color bleeding color blurring color by number color by numbers