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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Daltonism, green-blindness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: red-green dichromacy, red-green color blindness, red-green colour blindness
History
From deutero- (“second (color)”) + an- (“without”) + -opia (“vision”).
Across languages
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