Noun: deuteranopia ,d(y)oo-tu-ru'now-pee-u
- Dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red
"People with deuteranopia often confuse red and green traffic lights";
- Daltonism, green-blindness
Derived forms: deuteranopias
Type of: red-green color blindness [US], red-green colour blindness [Brit, Cdn], red-green dichromacy
Encyclopedia: Deuteranopia