Colour Blindness (Noun)

Meaning

Genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Examples

• Some people suffer from colour blindness and struggle to tell the difference between certain shades of green and red.
• Colour blindness is usually inherited and affects more men than women.
• Research suggests that up to 8% of all men have some degree of colour blindness.
• Inherited colour blindness affects around 5% of the world's population and cannot be cured.
• Some airlines do not hire pilots who have severe colour blindness, as it may be a safety issue.

Synonyms

• Color Vision Deficiency
• Color Blindness
• Colour Vision Deficiency

Hypernyms

• Congenital Abnormality
• Visual Impairment
• Vision Defect
• Visual Disorder
• Birth Defect
• Congenital Defect
• Congenital Disorder

Hyponyms

• Dichromia
• Monochromacy
• Monochromasy
• Dichromasy
• Monochromia
• Dichromatopsia
• Monochromatic Vision
• Dichromacy