daltonism

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see also: Daltonism

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Noun

daltonism (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Daltonism#English|Daltonism

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Daltonism

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈdɔːltənɪzəm/

Noun

daltonism (uncountable)

1. (medicine, pathology) Inability or defective ability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, especially red-green color blindness.
   • 2011, Gordon Plant, James Acheson, Charles Clarke, Elizabeth Graham, Robin Howard, Simon Shorvon, 13: Neuro-Opthalmology, Charles Clarke, Robin Howard, Martin Rossor, Simon D. Shorvon (editors), Neurology: A Queen Square Textbook, unnumbered page ↗,

     The Ishihara plates were developed for the assessment of congenital colour anomalies (Daltonism) and so there is considerable detail in the testing that is not relevant to optic nerve disease where the losses do not follow the specific patterns seen in Daltonism but show largely global losses.

2. Achromatopsia.

Synonyms

• (inability or defective ability to perceive or distinguish certain colors) color blindness, dichromatism

Related terms

• Daltonian
• Daltonic
• daltonic

Translations

• French: daltonisme
• Italian: daltonismo
• Russian: дальтони́зм
• Spanish: daltonismo

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