/mon'euh kroh"meuh tiz'euhm/ , n.
1. a monochromatic quality: the monochromatism of Southern Sung art.
2. Ophthalm. a defect of vision in which the retina fails to perceive color. Cf. dichromatism (def. 2), trichromatism (def. 3).
Also, monochromasia /mon'euh kroh may"zheuh, -zee euh, -sheuh, -shee euh/ .
[ 1860-65; MONO- + CHROMATISM ]