dichromacy
- noun
- /daɪˈkroʊməsi/
- Specialized
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dicromatía
- Dichromacy is more common in males and often results in difficulty distinguishing reds and greens.
Examples
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People with dichromacy can match all visible colors using just two primary hues.
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She has dichromacy.
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The scientist explained the genetic basis for dichromacy during the lecture.
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Don't forget about dichromacy!
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A person with dichromacy may struggle to distinguish between red and green hues.
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People with dichromacy perceive colors differently than those with normal vision.
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Diagnosis of dichromacy is important for understanding an individual's color perception challenges.
Synonyms
A condition in which a person sees colors using only two kinds of light instead of three
A vision condition where a person can match any colour using only two colours of light instead of three
A color vision problem where a person sees only two colors and uses two types of light to match others
A condition where a person sees fewer colors and often confuses red and green
Antonyms
- Specialized
Seeing many colors normally because the eyes have three kinds of color cells
Compounds
How Colorful
Surface Forms
Morphology
dichromacy = dichromat (semi-transparent) = di + chrom + acy
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-acy' to a technical term 'dichromat'; the formation is regular but relies on specialized combining forms.
Etymology
Dichromacy comes from Greek parts di- 'two' and chroma 'color', so it means 'two-color'. Think of monochrome ('one color') to remember the chroma part, and that helps explain why dichromacy is a condition where someone can match colors using only two color types instead of the usual three.
