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protanomaly

protanomaly noun: a form of colour blindness causing a lower sensitivity to red light.

Noun

protanomaly (countable and uncountable, plural protanomalies)

  1. A form of colour blindness causing a lower sensitivity to red light.
    • He asked them to use blue for emphasis because the red they were using appeared black due to his protanomaly.

Forms of protanomaly

pluralprotanomalies

Words formed from protanomaly

Questions about protanomaly

What does protanomaly mean?
Protanomaly means a form of colour blindness causing a lower sensitivity to red light.
What part of speech is protanomaly?
Protanomaly is a noun.
What is the plural of protanomaly?
The plural of protanomaly is protanomalies.

Words near protanomaly in the dictionary

  1. protandrous
  2. protandrously
  3. protandry
  4. protanomalies
  5. protanomalous
  6. protanomaly
  7. protanope
  8. protanopes
  9. protanopia
  10. protanopias
  11. protanopic

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