Daltonism

daltonism English Alternative forms en daltonism Etymology From en Dalton ism. Named after John Dalton (1766–1844), who suffered from the condition and conducted early research on it. Pronunciation en /ˈdɔːltənɪzəm/ UK Noun - en medicine pathology An inability or defective ability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, especially red-green color blindness. en 2002 Richard Davies Descartes: Belief, Scepticism and Virtue 25 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=dpiCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=%22Daltonism%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uOSQVaPfNYPy8QWjpqiYAw&ved=0CPUBEOgBMCc#v=onepage&q=%22Daltonism%22&f=false A person with Daltonism may be said to lack a discriminatory power that others have: his perceptions of red and green are, as such, not to be relied on. en 2011 Gordon Plant; James Acheson; Charles Clarke; Elizabeth Graham; Robin Howard; Simon Shorvon 13: Neuro-Ophthalmology Charles Clarke; Robin Howard; Martin Rossor; Simon D. Shorvon Neurology: A Queen Square Textbook https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0BpFs2KlnH4C&pg=PT784&dq=%22Daltonism%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uOSQVaPfNYPy8QWjpqiYAw&ved=0CIACEOgBMCk#v=onepage&q=%22Daltonism%22&f=false unnumbered 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. en 2013 Sevasti Trubeta Physical Anthropology, Race and Eugenics in Greece (1880s–1970s) 109 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wfqZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA109&dq=%22Daltonism%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uOSQVaPfNYPy8QWjpqiYAw&ved=0CHoQ6AEwEQ#v=onepage&q=%22Daltonism%22&f=false The concern of Kosmetatos was not how affected individuals would manage to organize their lives taking the effects of Daltonism as given; rather, using the specific case of Daltonism, he suggested the bureaucratization and surveillance of humans by recording their health condition over long periods. Achromatopsia. Synonyms inability or defective ability to perceive or distinguish certain colors en color blindness, en dichromatism Hypernyms inability or defective ability to perceive color en achromatism, en achromatopia, en achromatopsia Related terms en Daltonian en Daltonic en daltonic Translations red-green color blindness French: fr daltonisme m German: de Rot-Grün-Blindheit f Greek: el δαλτονισμός m, el αχρωματοψία f Hungarian: hu daltonizmus Italian: it daltonismo m Macedonian: mk далтони́зам m Portuguese: pt daltonismo m Russian: ru дальтони́зм m Spanish: es daltonismo m achromatopsia Greek: el αχρωματοψία f References Anagrams en adilmnost mandolist en eponyms