deuteranopia

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  1. noun A form of colorblindness characterized by insensitivity to green.

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  1. deuter(o)- + Greek anōpiā, blindness (an-, not; see a-1 + -ōpiā, -opia), so called because green is considered the second of the primary colors.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek δεύτερος. second, + New Latin anopia, blindness.
 

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