English Explanatory Dictionary

tritanopia

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 blue, resulting in an inability to distinguish blue from green.

Word forms

tritanopia tritanopias

Etymology

From trito- (“third (color)”) + an- (“without”) + -opia (“vision”).

Related words

deuteranopia protanopia tritanope achromatopsia cone dystrophy deuteranomaly dichromacy tetrachromacy trichromacy tritanomaly
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