单词 | dichromacy |
释义 | dichromacy/dʌɪˈkrəʊməsi/(also dichromasy) Ophthalmology and Physiology noun Originally: colour blindness (in humans) in which only two of the primary colours of light can be distinguished. Also (in animals): the type of colour vision resulting from the presence of two types of colour-sensitive photopigment in the retina; an instance of this.
OriginLate 19th century; earliest use found in London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine. From di- + -chromasy, after German Dichromasie. |
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