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  2. Color blindness - Wikipedia

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    These color charts show how different color blind people see compared to a person with normal color vision. [ dubious – discuss ] Much terminology has existed and does exist for the classification of color blindness, but the typical classification for color blindness follows the von Kries classifications, [ 26 ] which uses severity and ...

  3. Ishihara test - Wikipedia

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    While holding a military position related to his field, he was given the task of creating a color blindness test. Ishihara studied existing tests and combined elements of the Stilling test, named after the German ophthalmologist Jakob Stilling , with the concept of pseudo-isochromaticism to produce an improved, more accurate and easier to use test.

  4. Congenital red–green color blindness - Wikipedia

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    Males are more likely to inherit red–green color blindness than females, because the genes for the relevant opsins are on the X chromosome. [1] Screening for congenital red–green color blindness is typically performed with the Ishihara or similar color vision test. [1] It is a lifelong condition, and has no known cure or treatment. [1]

  5. Pedigree chart - Wikipedia

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    A pedigree chart is a diagram that shows the occurrence of certain traits through different generations of a family, [1] [2] most commonly for humans, show dogs, and race horses. [ citation needed ] Definition

  6. Shinobu Ishihara - Wikipedia

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    Shinobu Ishihara (石原 忍, Ishihara Shinobu, September 25, 1879 – January 3, 1963) was a Japanese ophthalmologist who created the Ishihara color test to detect colour blindness. He was an army surgeon .

  7. Congenital blindness - Wikipedia

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    However, current literature has various definitions of both terms. Childhood blindness encompasses multiple diseases and conditions present in ages up to 16 years old, which can result in permanent blindness or severe visual impairment over time. [2] Congenital blindness is a hereditary disease and can be treated by gene therapy.

  8. Achromatopsia - Wikipedia

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    Achromatopsia, also known as rod monochromacy, is a medical syndrome that exhibits symptoms relating to five conditions, most notably monochromacy.Historically, the name referred to monochromacy in general, but now typically refers only to an autosomal recessive congenital color vision condition.

  9. Kindle File Format - Wikipedia

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    Kindle File Format is a proprietary e-book file format created by Amazon.com that can be downloaded and read on devices like smartphones, tablets, computers, or e-readers that have Amazon's Kindle app. E-book files in the Kindle File Format originally had the filename extension.azw; [a] version 8 (KF8) introduced HTML5 & CSS3 features and have the .azw3 extension, and version 10 introduced a ...