Hemiachromatopsia

/ˌhɛmiəˌkroʊmətɑpˈsiə/ noun

Definition

Loss of color vision in half of the visual field, meaning the affected side appears in grayscale while the other side shows normal color.

Etymology

From Greek hemi- (half) + achromatopsia (color blindness, from a- (without) + chroma (color) + -opsia (vision)). This term describes a rare visual condition combining field loss with color loss.

Kelly Says

Someone with hemiachromatopsia lives in a genuinely alien visual world—one half of everything they see is in color while the other half is grayscale, typically caused by brain injury rather than eye problems.

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