DEUTERANOPIA


Meaning of DEUTERANOPIA in English

[ ˌdju:t(ə)rə'nəʊpɪə ]

■ noun colour blindness resulting from insensitivity to green light, causing confusion of greens, reds, and yellows. Compare with protanopia , tritanopia .

Origin

early 20th cent.: from deutero- 'second' (green being regarded as the second component of colour vision) + an- 1 + -opia .

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