Definition
deuteranomalies
noun
- Plural of deuteranomaly; a form of color blindness in which the green receptors in the eye are deficient, causing difficulty distinguishing between red and green colors.
Usage: medical/scientific term; also called green color blindness; less common than protanomaly
Examples
- Deuteranomalies affect approximately 1% of males in the population.
- People with deuteranomalies often have trouble reading red and green traffic signals.
- The ophthalmologist diagnosed the patient with deuteranomalies after a color vision test.
- Deuteranomalies are inherited as an X-linked recessive trait.
- Those with deuteranomalies may struggle to distinguish ripe fruit from unripe fruit.