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Noun: colour vision deficiency
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: color vision deficiency)
  1. Genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue
    - color blindness [US], colour blindness [Brit, Cdn], color vision deficiency [US]

Derived forms: colour vision deficiencies

Type of: birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disease, congenital disorder, vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment

Encyclopedia: Colour vision deficiency