dal·ton·ism
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Audio Help [dawl-tn-iz-uh
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) Pathology.
) Pathology. | color blindness, esp. the inability to distinguish red from green. |
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Daltonism
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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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| 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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