English Explanatory Dictionary

deuteranopia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

deuteranopia deuteranopias

Etymology

From deutero- (“second (color)”) + an- (“without”) + -opia (“vision”).

Related words

deuteranope protanopia tritanopia achromatopsia cone dystrophy daltonism deuteranomaly dichromacy protanomaly tetrachromacy trichromacy tritanomaly

Derived words

deuteranopic
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