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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.

    红色盲。亦称DALTONISM . 比较DEUTERANOPIA , TRITANOPIA

    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.

    红色盲。亦称DALTONISM . 比较DEUTERANOPIA , TRITANOPIA

    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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