protanopia

/ˌproʊtəˈnoʊpiə/
noun
  1. A type of color blindness where a person cannot see red light; red and green look similar.
    • People with protanopia often confuse red and green traffic lights.
    • Because of his protanopia, he could not tell the difference between ripe and unripe tomatoes.
    • The eye doctor diagnosed him with protanopia after the color vision test.
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