daltonism

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

color blindness deuteranopia green-blindness achromatism dichromatism monochromacy achromasia colour blindness protanopia dichromacy achromia colorblindness achromatopsia color vision deficiency colour vision deficiency

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Hypernyms

red-green color blindness red-green colour blindness red-green dichromacy

Related terms

daltonian daltonic

Phrases with the word

daltonism occurs fairly frequently in

Anagrams

mandolist

Close letter words and terms

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