red-blindness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *red-blindness*:
NOUN	state	red-blindness, protanopia	dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue

English > *red-blindness*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue.
Synonym	protanopia
Broader	red-green dichromacy, red-green color blindness, red-green colour blindness	confusion of red and green
Spanish	protanopia, protanopía
Catalan	protanopia, protanòpsia
Adjectives	red-blind	inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green

HyperDic: red-blindness