green-blindness

Definitions of green-blindness
  1. noun
    dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red
    synonyms: Daltonism, deuteranopia
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    type of:
    red-green color blindness, red-green colour blindness, red-green dichromacy
    confusion of red and green
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