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mon⋅o⋅chro⋅ma⋅tism

  [mon-uh-kroh-muh-tiz-uhm]
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–noun
1. a monochromatic quality: the monochromatism of Southern Sung art.
2. Ophthalmology. a defect of vision in which the retina fails to perceive color. Compare dichromatism (def. 2), trichromatism (def. 3).
Also, mon⋅o⋅chro⋅ma⋅sia  [mon-uh-kroh-mey-zhuh, ‑zee-uh, ‑shuh, ‑shee-uh] .

Origin:
1860–65; mono- + chromatism
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Main Entry: mono·chro·ma·tism
Pronunciation: -'krO-m&-"tiz-&m
Function: noun
: complete color blindness in which all colorsappear as shades of gray called also monochromacy
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monochromatism mon·o·chro·ma·tism (mŏn'ə-krō'mə-tĭz'əm)
n.

  1. The state of having or exhibiting only one color.

  2. See achromatopsia.

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