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MONOCHROMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monochromia mean? 

MONOCHROMIA (noun)
  The noun MONOCHROMIA has 1 sense:

1. complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightnessplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MONOCHROMIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

monochromacy; monochromasy; monochromatic vision; monochromatism; monochromia

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

color blindness; color vision deficiency; colour blindness; colour vision deficiency (genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue)


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