Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Color vision
The ability to distinguish various colors is tested by the use of the pseudoisochromatic plates is made possible by the presence of proper functioning of the cones located in the retina of the eye color blindness. The ability to perceive colors. Specialized cells called cones in the light-sensitive layer (retina) at the back of the…
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Color solid
A three-dimensional representation of visual experience.
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Color circle
A schematic arrangement of colors in which the spectrum is bent back against itself to form a circle.
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Color blindness
Any of various abnormal conditions characterized by inability to distinguish colors. The most common form is daltonism, occurring mostly in males (approx. 8% of Caucasian males) as a sex-linked inherited trait characterized by an inability to distinguish red from green. Total color blindness, or achromatic vision, is rare and due to a defect of the…
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Colony morphology
The microscopic appearance of organisms when grown on media, colony.
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Colonial period
That period in American education from 1607 to 1788.
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Colles’ fracture
A fracture of the distal end of the radius may be accompanied by a fracture of a small fragment of the ulna styloid process. A fracture of the lower end of the radius with displacement of the wrist backwards, usually when someone has stretched out a hand to try to break a fall [After Abraham…
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Collenchyma
Elongated living cells with variously thickened primary cell walls. A flexible, supporting tissue.
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College work-study program
A program designed to stimulate and promote the part-time employment of students with demonstrated financial need.
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College board report
A report that asserts a set of standards that describe what high school students should master before attending college.
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