Tritanopia Definition

trītə-nōpē-ə

noun

A visual defect characterized by the inability to discern blue and yellow.

American Heritage Medicine

A form of color blindness. The person's retina does not respond to the blue color, due to lack of "blue" cone opsins.

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Synonyms:
blue-blindness

Other Word Forms of Tritanopia

Noun

Singular:

tritanopia

Plural:

tritanopias

Origin of Tritanopia

Greek tritos third trei- in Indo-European roots Greek anōpiā blindness (an- not a–¹) (-ōpiā -opia) so called because blue is considered the third of the primary colors

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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