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• col|or-blind — «KUHL uhr BLYND», adjective. 1. unable to tell certain colors apart, especially red and green; unable to perceive certain colors or any colors: »Tests on color blind persons of the type known as “protanopes,” who confuse red and green, were… …   Useful english dictionary

• col|or-blind|ness — color blindness, or col|or blind|ness «KUHL uhr BLYND nihs», noun. a visual inherited defect, consisting of an inability to tell certain colors apart or to perceive certain colors (usually red and green, sometimes blue and yellow) …   Useful english dictionary

• color-blind — col′or blind adj. 1) a) oph unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors b) oph unable to distinguish colors, seeing only shades of gray, black, and white 2) cvb showing or characterized by freedom from racial bias • Etymology: 1850–55… …   From formal English to slang

• Blind coal — Coal Coal (k[=o]l), n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. {Kiln}, {Collier}.] 1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• color-blind — col·or blind .blīnd adj affected with partial or total inability to distinguish one or more chromatic colors color blindness n …   Medical dictionary

• Color-blind — Col or blind, a. Affected with color blindness. See {Color blindness}, under {Color}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Four Blind Mice (novel) — Four Blind Mice is the eighth book featuring the Washington DC homicide detective and forensic psychiatrist Alex Cross written by James Patterson.Plot summaryThe book begins with the district attorney of Cumberland County, North Carolina, Marc… …   Wikipedia

• colorblind — [kul′ərblīnd΄] adj. 1. unable to perceive colors or to distinguish between certain colors, as red and green ☆ 2. not influenced by considerations of race colorblindness n. * * * col·or·blind or col·or blind (kŭlʹər blīnd ) adj. 1. Partially or… …   Universalium

• color blindness — noun genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue • Syn: ↑colour blindness, ↑color vision deficiency, ↑colour vision deficiency • Derivationally related forms: ↑colour blind, ↑color blind • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

• coloboma — col·o·bo·ma (kŏl ə bōʹmə) n. pl. col·o·bo·ma·ta ( mə tə) An anomaly of the eye, usually a developmental defect, that often results in some loss of vision.   [New Latin colobōma, from Greek kolobōma, part removed in mutilation, from koloboun, to… …   Universalium