Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)An inability or defective ability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, especially red-green color blindness.

    Rot-Grün-Blindheit

    дальтони́змdalʹtonízm

    dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red

  2. (uncountable)Achromatopsia.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
red-green color blindness:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
red-green color blindness:

Origin

From Dalton + -ism. Named after John Dalton (1766–1844), who suffered from the condition a

From Dalton + -ism. Named after John Dalton (1766–1844), who suffered from the condition and conducted early research on it.

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
inability or defective ability to perceive or distinguish certain colors:color blindnessdichromatism
Close in meaning
  • dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red:deuteranopiagreen-blindness

Word family

1 related words
Relateddaltonic

See also

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