Definition of protanopia

prot-an-ops--ia - color blindness to red (the first of the primary colors) (condition of not seeing the first_)


Etymology of protanopia

early 20th century: from [proto-] ‘original’ (red being regarded as the first component of colour vision) + [an-]1 ‘lacking’ + [-opia]



Med roots Appendix A Prefixes Appendix B Combining Forms Appendix C Suffixes Appendix D Suffix forms