color blindness


noun

inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
complete inability to distinguish colors of the spectrum, with all objects appearing as shades of gray, black, and white, varying only as to lightness and darkness; achromatopsia.

Origin of color blindness

First recorded in 1835–45

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Medical definitions for color blindness

color blindness

n.

Deficiency of color perception, whether hereditary or acquired, partial or complete.