dichromia
- noun
- /daɪˈkroʊmiə/
- Specialized
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dicromía
- Diagnosing dichromia often involves testing the patient's ability to distinguish between certain hues.
Examples
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Individuals with dichromia often have difficulty distinguishing between shades of red and green.
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People with dichromia can match all colors using only two wavelengths of light.
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Researchers study the genetic causes of dichromia to better understand color vision disorders.
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He was diagnosed with dichromia at a young age.
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Can dichromia affect someone's daily life?
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A common symptom of dichromia is the inability to see certain colors as vividly as others.
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When someone has dichromia, they may only need two colors to replicate the full spectrum of hues.
Synonyms
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Not able to tell some colors, often red and green
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 condition where a person sees fewer colors and often confuses red and green
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
dichromia = chromia (semi-transparent) = di + chrom + ia
The parts (di- 'two' + chromia 'color condition') give the general sense 'two-color condition', but the term is technical and uses Greek combining forms that many learners may not know.
Etymology
Dichromia comes from Greek parts di- meaning 'two' and chroma meaning 'color'. So, dichromia describes a condition where a person has only two working color types instead of three, which is why they can match all colors using only two kinds of light.