daltonism

1. 1.

   dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red

   Synonymsdeuteranopiagreen-blindness

   Broaderred-green dichromacy

Other forms of daltonism

plural

daltonisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about daltonism

What does daltonism mean?

daltonism means "dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red".

How many syllables are in daltonism?

daltonism has 3 syllables: dal-to-nism. The stress falls on "dal".

What is another word for daltonism?

Close synonyms include deuteranopia, green-blindness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is daltonism a common word?

daltonism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.