trichromatn.
/trʌɪˈkrəʊmat/ Ophthalmology.
An individual with trichromasy, esp. an anomalous form of it.
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1906 Arch. Ophthalmol. & Otol. 35 27 A thorough study was made of only two normal and two abnormal trichromates.
1925 M. Collins Colour-blindness i. 14 It is customary to divide these anomalous trichromates into..deuteranomalous trichromates..and protanomalous trichromates.
1940 Nature 17 Aug. 226/2 It might happen that a building matched its background for the normal person, yet, for the anomalous trichromat, the two would be distinct.
1978 J. Parr Introd. Ophthalmol. iii. 69/2 The normal individual requires a minimum of three primaries and is said to be a trichromat.
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