tritanopia
tritanopia · tritanopias
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 blue, resulting in an inability to distinguish blue from green.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A form of color blindness in which the retina is deficient in or lacks cone cells containing opsins that respond to the color blue, resulting in an inability to distinguish blue from green.
rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From trito- (“third (color)”) + an- (“without”) + -opia (“vision”).From trito- (“third (color)”) + an- (“without”) + -opia (“vision”).
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Forms
plural: tritanopias| Singular | tritanopia |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow:blue-blindness
Word family
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