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daltonism

/dawl-tn-iz-uhm/US // ˈdɔl tnˌɪz əm //UK // (ˈdɔːltəˌnɪzəm) //

道尔顿主义,道顿主义,道尔顿理论,道尔顿论

Related Words

achromatic vision消色差视觉,消色差视力,消色散视觉,消色镜achromatopsia失色症,色觉障碍,失明症,色觉障碍症

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pathology.

    • : color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incolor blindness
Synonyms
achromatic vision消色差视觉,消色差视力,消色散视觉,消色镜achromatopsia失色症,色觉障碍,失明症,色觉障碍症color vision deficiency色觉缺失,色觉缺失症,色觉障碍,色觉不足dichromatic vision二色性视力,二色性视觉,二色性视野,二色视觉

Examples

  • The diseases known as Daltonism or colour-blindness, and hmophilia or the bleeding disease, are certainly hereditary.

  • Certain authorities on art are said to regard the great Montalbanais as a victim of daltonism—in other words, colour-blind!

  • Colour-blindness or Daltonism has been recorded (Horner) through the males only of seven generations.

  • An interesting example is the common type of color blindness known as Daltonism.

  • Daltonism, dal′ton-izm, n. colour-blindness: inability to distinguish certain colours.

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