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protanopia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
protanopia
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of color blindness. Involves a defect in distinguishing between red and green.

Uncountable

Etymology

From proto- (“first (color)”) + an- (“without”) + -opia (“vision”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

protanopias (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

protanope protanopic protanomaly deuteranopia tritanopia

Synonyms

red-blindness

Questions

What does protanopia mean?
A form of color blindness. Involves a defect in distinguishing between red and green.
Where does protanopia come from?
From proto- (“first (color)”) + an- (“without”) + -opia (“vision”).

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