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DEUTERANOPIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deuteranopia mean? 

DEUTERANOPIA (noun)
  The noun DEUTERANOPIA has 1 sense:

1. dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-redplay

  Familiarity information: DEUTERANOPIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEUTERANOPIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Daltonism; deuteranopia; green-blindness

Hypernyms ("deuteranopia" is a kind of...):

red-green color blindness; red-green colour blindness; red-green dichromacy (confusion of red and green)

Derivation:

deuteranopic (inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red)


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