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dal·ton·ism    Audio Help   [dawl-tn-iz-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun (sometimes initial capital letter) Pathology.
color blindness, esp. the inability to distinguish red from green.

[Origin: 1835–45; J. Dalton + -ism]

dal·ton·ic    Audio Help   [dawl-ton-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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dal·ton·ism also Dal·ton·ism    Audio Help   (dôl'tə-nĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   An inherited defect in perception of red and green; red-green colorblindness.


[After John Dalton.]

dal·to'ni·an (-tō'nē-ən), dal·ton'ic (-tŏn'ĭk) adj.
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daltonism

noun
dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red [syn: deuteranopia

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Daltonism

Blind"ness\, n. State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively. --Darwin.

Color blindness, inability to distinguish certain color. See Daltonism.
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