BLUE-BLINDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue-blindness mean? 

• BLUE-BLINDNESS (noun)
  The noun BLUE-BLINDNESS has 1 sense:

1. rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow

  Familiarity information: BLUE-BLINDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLUE-BLINDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

blue-blindness; tritanopia

Hypernyms ("blue-blindness" is a kind of...):

yellow-blue color blindness; yellow-blue dichromacy (confusion of yellow and blue)

Derivation:

blue-blind (inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow)