dichromatopsia
- noun
- /ˌdaɪˌkroʊməˈtɑːpsiə/
- Specialized
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dicromatopsia
- Individuals with dichromatopsia usually cannot distinguish between red and green hues.
Examples
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Some animal species naturally possess dichromatopsia rather than full trichromatic vision.
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He was diagnosed with dichromatopsia last year.
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Genetic variations are often responsible for dichromatopsia in humans.
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People with dichromatopsia often struggle with color differentiation.
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Individuals with dichromatopsia usually cannot distinguish between red and green hues.
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People with dichromatopsia often struggle with color differentiation.
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Genetic variations are often responsible for dichromatopsia in humans.
Synonyms
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Not able to tell some colors, often red and green
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 colors with only two types of cells, making red and green hard to tell
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 problem where a person cannot tell some colors apart, often red and green
Antonyms
- Specialized
Seeing many colors normally because the eyes have three kinds of color cells
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
dichromatopsia = dichromat (opaque) = di + chromat + opsia
The step from 'dichromat' to 'dichromatopsia' follows a regular medical pattern where '-opsia' denotes a visual condition, but this is specialized vocabulary not familiar to general learners.
Etymology
Dichromatopsia breaks into three parts: di- 'two', chrom 'color' like in monochrome, and -opsia 'seeing' like optical. So, dichromatopsia is a condition of 'seeing' with only two types of color receptors, which is why people with it have limited color vision.