• (n.) Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/daltonism/
Dal'ton·ism noun Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton , who had this infirmity. Nichol. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/3