BLUE-BLINDNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow

Synonyms:

blue-blindness; tritanopia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("blue-blindness" is a kind of...):

yellow-blue color blindness; yellow-blue dichromacy (confusion of yellow and blue)

Derivation:

blue-blind (inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow)

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