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protanopia

protanopia noun: a form of color blindness. Involves a defect in distinguishing between red and green.

Noun

protanopia (usually uncountable, plural protanopias)

  1. (usually) A form of color blindness. Involves a defect in distinguishing between red and green.

protanopia meaning in Tamil

protanopia in Tamil

செங்குருடு

Forms of protanopia

pluralprotanopias

Origin of protanopia

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

Questions about protanopia

What does protanopia mean?
Protanopia means a form of color blindness. Involves a defect in distinguishing between red and green.
What is protanopia in Tamil?
Protanopia in Tamil is செங்குருடு. See Protanopia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is protanopia?
Protanopia is a noun.
What is the plural of protanopia?
The plural of protanopia is protanopias.

Words near protanopia in the dictionary

  1. protanomalies
  2. protanomalous
  3. protanomaly
  4. protanope
  5. protanopes
  6. protanopia
  7. protanopias
  8. protanopic
  9. protans
  10. protanthean
  11. protantheans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protanopia (page history and authors); protanopia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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