deuteranopia

American

[doo-ter-uh-noh-pee-uh, dyoo-] / ˌdu tər əˈnoʊ pi ə, ˌdyu- /

noun

Ophthalmology.

a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to the color green.

deuteranopia British

/ ˌdjuːtərəˈnəʊpɪə, ˌdjuːtərəˈnɒpɪk /

noun

a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced

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Other Word Forms

deuteranopic adjective

Etymology

Origin of deuteranopia

From New Latin, dating back to 1900–05; deuter-, anopia

Example Sentences

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The Tampa Bay play calling screen in Madden NFL 21 with color blindness settings set to deuteranopia, simulated as seen by someone with red-green color blindness.

From The Verge

The most common type of colour blindness, for example, is deuteranopia.

From Economist

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