protanopic

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pro·ta·no·pi·a

(prō′tə-nō′pē-ə)

A form of colorblindness characterized by defective perception of red and confusion of red with green or bluish green.

[prot(o)- + an- + -opia (from the blindness to red, which is considered the first of the primary colors).]

pro′ta·nop′ic (-nŏp′ĭk) adj.

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protanopic - inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green

red-blind

blind, unsighted - unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan

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