RED-BLINDNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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 ("red-blindness" is a kind of...):

red-green color blindness; red-green colour blindness; red-green dichromacy (confusion of red and green)

Derivation:

red-blind (inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green)

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