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English
Etymology
From erythro- + chloro- + -opia.
Pronunciation
Noun
erythrochloropia (uncountable)
- (archaic, rare) Partial color blindness with ability to distinguish correctly only red and green.
1905, Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker, Augustus Adolph Eshner, Text-book of Human Physiology:In pure cases, only the spectral red and green are recognized correctly (Mauthner's erythrochloropia), not however the other colors.
References
- American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919).
- The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919).
- A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922).