color blindness
Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is…Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially achromatopsia or Daltonism.
» Can color blindness be cured?
Дальтонизм излечим?
Дальтонизм можно вылечить?
Meaning
2 senses(US, countable, uncountable)Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially achromatopsia or Daltonism.
Farbenblindheit
дальтони́змdalʹtonízm, цветовая слепотаcvetovaja slepota
дальтоні́змdalʹtonízm, колірна сліпотаkolirna slipota
(US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)An indifference to a person's skin color or race.
- genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue
Examples
2 sentencesCan color blindness be cured?
ruДальтонизм излечим? — odexed
I don't think color blindness can be cured since it's a distortion in the eye.
Translations
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Origin
From color blind + -ness or color + blindness.From color blind + -ness or color + blindness.
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Forms
plural: color blindnessesSynonyms
3 synonyms- genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue:colour blindnesscolor vision deficiencycolour vision deficiency
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable