trichromat Ophthalm.
(traɪˈkrəʊmæt)
Also † -ate.
[f. trichromatic a.]
An individual with trichromasy, esp. an anomalous form of it.
| 1906 Arch. Ophthalm. & Otol. XXXV. 27 A thorough study was made of only two normal and two abnormal trichromates. 1925 M. Collins Colour-Blindness i. 14 It is customary to divide these anomalous trichromates into..deuteranomalous trichromates..and protanomalous trichromates. 1940 Nature 17 Aug. 226/2 It might happen that a building matched its background for the normal person, yet, for the anomalous trichromat, the two would be distinct. 1978 J. Parr Introd. Ophthalm. iii. 69/2 The normal individual requires a minimum of three primaries and is said to be a trichromat. |