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Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity.

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  1. n. Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity.
  2. n. dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red
  3. Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity. Nichol.
  4. Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red;color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from thechemist Dalton, who had this infirmity. Nichol.
  5. n dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red