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PROTANOPIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue
Synonyms:
protanopia; red-blindness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("protanopia" is a kind of...):
red-green color blindness; red-green colour blindness; red-green dichromacy (confusion of red and green)
Derivation:
protanopic (inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green)
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