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noun
The quality of having only one independent channel for conveying color information in the eye, i.e. total color blindness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: monochromatism, monochromatic vision, monochromia, monochromasy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: color blindness, colour blindness, color vision deficiency, colour vision deficiency
History
mono- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).
Across languages
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