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BLUE-BLIND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue-blind mean?
• BLUE-BLIND (adjective)
The adjective BLUE-BLIND has 1 sense:
1. inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow
Familiarity information: BLUE-BLIND used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow
Synonyms:
blue-blind; tritanopic
Similar:
blind; unsighted (unable to see)
Derivation:
blue-blindness (rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow)
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