achromatopsia

English

Alternative forms

• achromatopsy

Etymology

From German Achromatopsie, from Ancient Greek ἀχρώματος (akhrṓmatos), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) +‎ χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”), + -opsie. By surface analysis, a- +‎ chromato- +‎ -opsia.

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Noun

achromatopsia (countable and uncountable, plural achromatopsias)

2. Total color blindness; the total inability to distinguish colors due to the absence of cone cells in the eyes.

   Synonyms: achromatism, achromatopsy, achromatopia

Hypernyms

• color blindness

Derived terms

• achromatopsic
• hemiachromatopsia

Translations

defective ability to see colours

• Czech: achromatopsie f
• Finnish: akromatopsia (fi), täydellinen värisokeus
• French: achromatopsie (fr) f
• Greek: αχρωματοψία (el) f (achromatopsía)
• Polish: achromatopsja (pl) f, achromatyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: acromatopsia f
• Turkish: akromatopsi (tr)

References

• Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary, 22nd edition, W. B. Saunders, 1977

Anagrams

• achromatopias