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YELLOW-BLINDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow-blindness mean?
• YELLOW-BLINDNESS (noun)
The noun YELLOW-BLINDNESS has 1 sense:
1. a form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned
Familiarity information: YELLOW-BLINDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
tetartanopia; yellow-blindness
Hypernyms ("yellow-blindness" is a kind of...):
yellow-blue color blindness; yellow-blue dichromacy (confusion of yellow and blue)
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