Achropsia

/ə'krɑpsiə/ noun

Definition

Complete color blindness where a person cannot perceive any colors and sees only in shades of gray.

Etymology

From Greek 'a-' (without) + 'chroma' (color) + 'opsis' (vision, sight). A medical ophthalmology term describing the most severe form of color vision deficiency.

Kelly Says

Achropsia is total color blindness—your world is literally a grayscale photograph. It's so rare that most people with 'color blindness' can actually see some colors (like red-green), but achropsia sufferers get none at all.

Translations

AFAfrikaans
kromatloos
AMአማርኛ
አክሮፕሲያ
a-kro-p-see-ya
ARالعربية
أعمى الألوان
a-ma-a-al-aw-ran
BGБългарски
ахропсия
BNবাংলা
অ্যাক্রোপ্সিয়া
a-kro-p-see-ya
CACatalà
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
CSČeština
achropsie
a-kro-p-see
DADansk
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
DEDeutsch
Achropsie
a-kro-p-see
ELΕλληνικά
αχρωπία
a-kro-p-ee-a
ESEspañol
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
ETEesti
kromaatiline
EUEuskara
kromatloa
FAفارسی
آکروپسیا
a-kro-p-see-ya
FISuomi
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
FRFrançais
achropsie
a-kro-p-see
GLGalego
cromátalo
GUGU
અક્ષરોપસિયા
a-k-sh-ro-p-see-ya
HAHA
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
HEעברית
אכרופזיה
a-kro-p-zee-ya
HIहिन्दी
अक्रोप्सिया
a-kro-p-see-ya
HRHrvatski
kromatloso
HUMagyar
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
IDBahasa Indonesia
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
IGIG
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
ITItaliano
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
JA日本語
アクロプシア
a-kro-p-shi-a
KKKK
ахропсия
a-kro-p-see-ya
KMKM
អាក្រូពស៊ី
a-kro-p-see
KO한국어
아크로프시아
a-kro-po-s-ia
LTLietuvių
kromatinis
LVLatviešu
kromatlovs
MNМонгол
ахропсия
MRMR
अक्रोप्सिया
a-kro-p-see-ya
MSBahasa Melayu
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
MYမြန်မာ
အခရိုပ်စီး
a-kro-p-see
NLNederlands
achropsie
a-kro-p-see
NONorsk
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
PAPA
ਅਕ੍ਰੋਪਸੀਆ
a-kro-p-see-a
PLPolski
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
PTPortuguês
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
RORomână
achropsie
a-kro-p-see
RUРусский
ахропсия
a-k-ro-p-see-ya
SKSlovenčina
kromatlovo
SLSlovenščina
kromatloso
SRСрпски
ахропсия
SVSvenska
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
SWKiswahili
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
TAதமிழ்
அக்ரோப்ஸியா
a-kro-p-see-ya
TEతెలుగు
అక్రోప్సీయ
a-kro-p-see-ya
THไทย
อักโรพเซีย
a-kro-p-see-ya
TLTL
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
TRTürkçe
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
UKУкраїнська
ахропсія
a-k-ro-p-see-ya
URاردو
اِکروپسیا
i-kro-p-see-ya
VITiếng Việt
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
YOYO
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a
ZH中文
无色盲
wú sè máng
ZUZU
achropsia
a-kro-p-see-a

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