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单词 protanopia
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Definition of protanopia in English:

protanopia

noun ˌprəʊtəˈnəʊpɪəˌprōdəˈnōpēə
mass noun
  • Colour blindness resulting from insensitivity to red light, causing confusion of greens, reds, and yellows. It is hereditary, and is the commonest form of colour blindness.

    Also called daltonism
    Compare with deuteranopia, tritanopia
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The genetic cause has been determined for several color vision defects, achromatopsia (the loss of all color vision), blue monochromatism, protanopia, deuteranopia, and enhanced S-cone syndrome.
    • Someone pointed out to us yesterday that the current things colour scheme is far from ideal if you suffer from protanopia, deutanopia or tritanopia - colour blindness.

Origin

Early 20th century: from proto- 'original' (red being regarded as the first component of colour vision) + an-1 'lacking' + -opia.

 
 

Definition of protanopia in US English:

protanopia

nounˌprōdəˈnōpēə
  • Color-blindness resulting from insensitivity to red light, causing confusion of greens, reds, and yellows. It is hereditary and is the most common form of color-blindness.

    Compare with deuteranopia, tritanopia
    Also called daltonism
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Someone pointed out to us yesterday that the current things colour scheme is far from ideal if you suffer from protanopia, deutanopia or tritanopia - colour blindness.
    • The genetic cause has been determined for several color vision defects, achromatopsia (the loss of all color vision), blue monochromatism, protanopia, deuteranopia, and enhanced S-cone syndrome.

Origin

Early 20th century: from proto- ‘original’ (red being regarded as the first component of colour vision) + an- ‘lacking’ + -opia.

 
 
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