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deuteranopia

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deuteranopia /deu·ter·an·o·pia/ (-no´pe-ah) a type of dichromatic vision with confusion of greens and reds, and retention of the sensory mechanism for two hues only—blue and yellow.deuteranop´ic
deu·ter·a·no·pi·a (dtr--np-)
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A form of colorblindness characterized by insensitivity to green.
deuter·a·nopic (-npk, -npk) adj.
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This deficiency, known as deuteranopia, has a different genetic profile from protanopia, which scientists had blamed for Dalton's problem.
Additional genes may affect color vision by Lipkin, Richard / Science News
Indeed, the researchers find, canine color vision resembles that of humans with deuteranopia, or red-green colorblindness.
Orange you glad? Fido sees the blues by Weiss, R. / Science News
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