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DYSCHROMATOPSIE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-12-12
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Visual Disorders
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- dyschromatopsia
1, record 1, English, dyschromatopsia
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- defective colour vision 2, record 1, English, defective%20colour%20vision
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A marked departure of the individual spectral tristimulus values from those of the CIE [Comité International de l'Éclairage] standard colorimetric observer (whose vision is taken as normal colour vision). 3, record 1, English, - dyschromatopsia
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The following are the types usually recognized: anomalous trichromatic vision, or anomalous trichromatism; dichromatic vision, or dichromatism (partial colour blindness); monochromatic vision, or monochromatism (total colour blindness, anomaly of colour vision in which there is perception of luminance but not of colour). 3, record 1, English, - dyschromatopsia
Record 1, Key term(s)
- defective color vision
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Troubles de la vision
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- dyschromatopsie
1, record 1, French, dyschromatopsie
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Anomalie de la vision des couleurs, caractérisée par un écart sensible entre les composantes trichromatiques spectrales d’un individu et celles de l’observateur de référence colorimétrique CIE [Comité International de l’Éclairage], considéré comme représentant la vision normale des couleurs. 2, record 1, French, - dyschromatopsie
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
On distingue principalement : le trichromatisme anormal; le dichromatisme (déficience partielle de la vision des couleurs); l’achromatopsie (anomalie consistant en la perception des luminances, mais non des couleurs). 2, record 1, French, - dyschromatopsie
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Trastornos de la visión
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- discromatopsia
1, record 1, Spanish, discromatopsia
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
- defecto en la visión cromática 1, record 1, Spanish, defecto%20en%20la%20visi%C3%B3n%20crom%C3%A1tica
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Anomalía en la visión del color. 1, record 1, Spanish, - discromatopsia
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
El defecto en la visión cromática se fundamenta en la ausencia de alguno de los 3 fotorreceptores del color (conos L, M y S), o bien en el déficit en alguno de sus fotopigmentos. Los distintos tipos de discromatopsias se clasificarán por tanto en función del cono afectado, ya sea por ausencia del fotorreceptor, o por un déficit de su fotopigmento. 1, record 1, Spanish, - discromatopsia
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