protanopia

Noun

Meaning

dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

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

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

Related terms

protanopic protanomaly protanope

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

It affects hue discrimination in the same way as protanopia, but without the dimming effect. Source: Internet

People who have, for instance, both protanopia and tritanopia are considered to have cone monochromacy. Source: Internet

The difference with protanopia is that in this case the L-cone is present but malfunctioning, whereas in the earlier the L-cone is completely missing. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

protanomalous protanomaly protanope protanopic protanthean protarsal