1. a form of color blindness in which a person cannot distinguish between red and green colors due to the absence or malfunction of green-sensitive cone cells in the retina
Usage: medical

Examples

• People with deuteranopia have difficulty distinguishing between red and green traffic lights.
• Deuteranopia is the most common type of red-green color blindness.
• The eye doctor diagnosed him with deuteranopia after conducting color vision tests.
• Special glasses can sometimes help people with deuteranopia see colors more clearly.
• Deuteranopia affects approximately 1% of men but is much rarer in women.
• The artist learned to work with different color combinations after being diagnosed with deuteranopia.