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monochromat, -chromate, n. Ophthalm.|mɒnəʊˈkrəʊmət, -krəʊmeɪt|
[ad. L. monochrōmat-us, Gr. µονοχρώµατ-ος: see -ate1.]
A person who suffers from monochromatism (sense b).
1902J. M. Baldwin Dict. Philos. & Psychol. II. 793/2 König affirmed that the vision of the faint-light ‘monochromates’ was in quality blue. 1915J. H. Parsons Introd. Study Colour Vision ii. i. 159 Differing from all these groups there are people who apparently see all parts of the spectrum of one hue... These are the total colour-blind or monochromats. 1956Brit. Jrnl. Ophthalm. XL. 463 This female ‘cone monochromate’ would thus have to be a compound heterozygote for protanopia and deuteranopia. 1971Nature 9 Apr. 395/1 The recovery of the rod sensitivity after a long full bleach can be followed for a wider than normal range when an area of the monochromat's retina which has few cones is tested. |