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PROTANOPIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does protanopic mean?
• PROTANOPIC (adjective)
The adjective PROTANOPIC has 1 sense:
1. inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green
Familiarity information: PROTANOPIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green
Synonyms:
protanopic; red-blind
Similar:
blind; unsighted (unable to see)
Derivation:
protanopia (dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue)
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