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anomalous trichromacy — anomalous trichromatic vision … Medical dictionary
anomalous trichromatism — anomalous trichromatic vision … Medical dictionary
anomalous trichromatism — Also known as anomalous trichromasy. Both terms are used to denote those types of colour vision deficiency in which one of the retinal cones malfunctions in such a way that the resulting deficiency is relative rather than absolute in nature.… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
colour vision deficiency — Also known as colour blindness and anomalous colour vision. All three terms refer to the inability or diminished ability to distinguish between at least two colours. Although this group of visual deficiencies is traditionally known as colour… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Deuteranomaly — Colorblindness of the red green type, also known as deuteranopia or Daltonism. The term Daltonism is derived from the name of the chemist and physicist, John Dalton (1766 1844). Dalton was born in a village in Cumberland, England where his father … Medical dictionary
Color blindness — Colorblind and Colourblind redirect here. For other uses, see Colorblind (disambiguation). Color blindness or color deficiency Classification and external resources An 1895 illustration of normal vision and various kinds of color blindness … Wikipedia
deuteranopia — Also known as deutan colour deficiency, deutan colour blindness, *Daltonism, and green red blindness. The term deuteranopia comes from the Greek words deuteros (second), an (not) and opsis (seeing). It translates roughly to not being able to… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
trichromatism — The state of being trichromatic. [tri + G. chroma, color] anomalous t. a defect in color perception in which there appears to be an abnormality or deficiency in one of the three primary pigments of the retinal cones. See … Medical dictionary
deutanomaly — Also known as deuteranomaly and anomalous trichromatic deuteranopia. All three terms are indebted to the Greek words deuteros (second), and anomalia (anomaly, irregularity). They translate roughly as an irregularity in the ability to perceive… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
daltonism — Daltonism is also known as deuteranopia, deutan colour blindness, and deutan colour deficiency. All four terms are used to denote a colour vision deficiency of the green red type. The eponym Daltonism refers to the British chemist and… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
