daltonism (redirected from daltonic)

dal·ton·ism also Dal·ton·ism  (dôlt-nzm)

n.

An inherited defect in perception of red and green; red-green colorblindness.

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[After John Dalton.]

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dal·toni·an (-tn-n), dal·tonic (-tnk) adj.

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daltonism [ˈdɔːltəˌnɪzəm]

n

(Medicine) colour blindness, esp the confusion of red and green

[from French daltonisme, after John Dalton (1766-1844), English chemist and physicist, who gave the first accurate description of colour blindness, from which he suffered]

daltonic  [dɔːlˈtɒnɪk] adj

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Daltonism

red-green color blindness.

See also: Color, Eyes

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Daltonism - dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red deuteranopia, green-blindness red-green color blindness, red-green colour blindness, red-green dichromacy - confusion of red and green

Translations

daltonism [ˈdɔːltənɪzəm] N → daltonismo m

daltonism

n → Farbenblindheit f, → Daltonismus m (dated spec), → Rotgrünblindheit f