DEUTERANOPIA

deuteranopia, Daltonism, green-blindness

(noun) dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

deuteranopia (plural deuteranopias)

A form of color blindness in which the retina is deficient in or lacks cone cells containing opsins that respond to the color green, resulting in an inability to distinguish red from green.

Hypernyms

• (form of color blindness): color blindness, dichromacy, red-green color blindness

Source: Wiktionary



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7 November 2024

ERASE

(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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