deuteranopia

Noun

Meaning

dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

daltonism green-blindness color blindness achromatism monochromacy achromasia protanopia dichromacy achromia colorblindness achromatopsia tritanopia color vision deficiency red-green color blindness achromatic vision
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Hypernyms

red-green color blindness red-green colour blindness red-green dichromacy

Related terms

protanopia tritanopia deuteranope

Examples

Epidemiology Color blindness affects a large number of individuals, with protanopia and deuteranopia being the most common types. Source: Internet

Conventional color coding is difficult for individuals with red-green color blindness (protanopia or deuteranopia) to discriminate. Source: Internet

Because of Dalton's work, the general condition has been called daltonism, although in English this term is now used only for deuteranopia. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

deuteranomalous deuteranomaly deuteranope deuteranopic deuterate deuterated