PROTANOPIA

protanopia, red-blindness

(noun) dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

protanopia (usually uncountable, plural protanopias)

(pathology) A form of color blindness. Involves a defect in distinguishing between red and green.

Source: Wiktionary



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19 April 2024

SUSPECT

(verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; “The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks”


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Coffee Trivia

Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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