DALTONISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Daltonism mean? 

• DALTONISM (noun)
  The noun DALTONISM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DALTONISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DALTONISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Daltonism; deuteranopia; green-blindness

Hypernyms ("Daltonism" is a kind of...):

red-green color blindness; red-green colour blindness; red-green dichromacy (confusion of red and green)