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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdaltonismo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /dal.toˈni.zmo/
"Il daltonismo impedisce di distinguere correttamente alcuni colori."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A decreased ability to see color or perceive color differences, usually of genetic origin.
"His color blindness made it difficult for him to distinguish between red and green traffic lights." - 2
The inability to perceive any colors at all, seeing the world only in shades of gray (achromatopsia).
"Complete color blindness is an extremely rare condition affecting roughly one in thirty thousand people."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'color' (derived from Latin 'color') and 'blindness' (from Old English 'blindnes'). The clinical understanding of aberrant color perception was formally documented in the late 18th century following studies by chemist John Dalton.
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daltonisme
Transliteration: /dal.tɔ.nism/
"Le daltonisme affecte plus fréquemment les hommes que les femmes."
Farbenblindheit
Transliteration: /ˈfaʁbn̩ˌblaɪntkaɪt/
"Eine Farbfehlsichtigkeit oder Farbenblindheit kann durch einen Gentest festgestellt werden."
daltonismo
Transliteration: /dal.toˈni.zmo/
"Il daltonismo impedisce di distinguere correttamente alcuni colori."
daltonismo
Transliteration: /dal.toˈnis.mo/
"El daltonismo es una condición visual hereditaria."
daltonismo
Transliteration: /dal.toˈniz.mu/
"O daltonismo afeta a percepção das cores."
वर्णांधता
Transliteration: varnandhata
"वर्णांधता एक आनुवंशिक विकार है जिसमें व्यक्ति रंगों में भेद नहीं कर पाता।"
色盲
Transliteration: sè máng
"色盲患者通常难以分辨红色和绿色。"
색맹
Transliteration: saekmaeng
"색맹이 있는 사람들은 특정 색상을 구별하기 어렵습니다."
色覚障害
Transliteration: shikaku shōgai
"色覚障害の検査には特定のプレートが使われます。"
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