deuteranopia
deuteranopia · deuteranopias
A form of color blindness in which the retina is deficient in or lacks cone cells…A form of color blindness in which the retina is deficient in or lacks cone cells containing opsins that respond to the color green, resulting in an inability to distinguish red from green.
Meaning
1 sensesA form of color blindness in which the retina is deficient in or lacks cone cells containing opsins that respond to the color green, resulting in an inability to distinguish red from green.
dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From deutero- (“second (color)”) + an- (“without”) + -opia (“vision”).From deutero- (“second (color)”) + an- (“without”) + -opia (“vision”).
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Forms
plural: deuteranopias| Singular | deuteranopia |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red:Daltonismgreen-blindness