dichromatism /di·chro·ma·tism/ (di-kro´mah-tizm)
1. the quality of existing in or exhibiting two different colors.
di·chro·ma·tism (d -kr  m -t z m)n. 1. The state of being dichromatic. 2. A form of colorblindness in which only two of the three fundamental colors can be distinguished due to a lack of one of the retinal cone pigments. Also called dichromatopsia, dyschromatopsia, parachromatopsia. |
dichromatism
1. the quality of existing in or exhibiting two different colors.
2. dichromatopsia.
dichromatism
A form of colour vision deficiency in which all colours can be matched by a mixture of only two primary colours. The spectrum appears as consisting of two colours separated by an achromatic area (the neutral point). There are several types of dichromatism: deuteranopia, protanopia and tritanopia. Syn. daltonism; dichromatopsia; dichromatic vision. See defective colour vision; visual pigment.
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