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PROTANOPIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green
Synonyms:
protanopic; red-blind
Classified under:
Similar:
blind; unsighted (unable to see)
Derivation:
protanopia (dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue)