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red-green color blindness

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A common vision deficiency where a person has difficulty distinguishing between shades of red and green due to a defect in the eye's cone cells.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: medicine, ophthalmology, sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

confusion of red and green

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: red-green dichromacy, red-green colour blindness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dichromacy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia, dichromia, dichromasy

Narrower terms: deuteranopia, Daltonism, green-blindness, protanopia, red-blindness

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