Color blindness

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028584
- info:lc/authorities/sh85028584
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85028584#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Achromatism (Disease)
- Achromatopia
- Achromatopsia
- Color vision defects
- Color vision disorders
- Monochromatism
Broader Terms
- Vision disorders
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4242792-7
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4121251-4
Sources
- found: Dorland's med. dict. (Monochromatism: also called achromatism, achromatopia, and achromatopsia)
- found: New York Review of Books, March 6, 1997: v. XLIV, no. 4, p. 15 (achromatopsia (complete color blindness))
- found: MESH (Color vision defects X Color blindness
LC Classification
- RE921
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 1997-04-09: revised

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