COLOR BLINDNESS
\kˈʌlə blˈa͡ɪndnəs], \kˈʌlə blˈaɪndnəs], \k_ˈʌ_l_ə b_l_ˈaɪ_n_d_n_ə_s]\
Definitions of COLOR BLINDNESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Defects of color vision are mainly hereditary traits but can be secondary to acquired or developmental abnormalities in the CONES (RETINA). Severity of hereditary defects of color vision depends on the degree of mutation of the OPSIN genes (on X CHROMOSOME and CHROMOSOME 3, HUMAN) that code the photopigments for red, green and blue.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An inability to recognize one or more of the seven primary colors; for the theories advanced to account for this condition, see under Edridge-Green, Herring, and Young-Helmholiz.
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Achromatopsia, daltonism, loss of perception of colors, usually of only one or two of the primary colors (red, green, or blue).
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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