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parachromatism

parachromatism noun: partial colour blindness (a mild defect in colour vision).

Noun

parachromatism (uncountable)

  1. Partial colour blindness (a mild defect in colour vision)

Origin of parachromatism

From para- + chromatism.

Questions about parachromatism

What does parachromatism mean?
Parachromatism means partial colour blindness (a mild defect in colour vision).
What part of speech is parachromatism?
Parachromatism is a noun.

Words near parachromatism in the dictionary

  1. parachordal
  2. parachordals
  3. parachorial
  4. parachors
  5. parachromatin
  6. parachromatism
  7. parachromatoblepsia
  8. parachromatophorous
  9. parachromatopsia
  10. parachromophoric
  11. parachronic

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