Tritanopia
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noun.
A visual defect characterized by the inability to discern blue and yellow.
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noun.
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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noun.
rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow
Word Usage
"I'm dubious about Wikipedia's tritanopia test -- I can barely make out part of the 5, and I have excellent color vision!"
cross-reference
deuteranopia
protanopia
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
yellow-blue color blindness
yellow-blue dichromacy