English word deuteranopia comes from English an-, English -opia, English deutero-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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an- | English (en) | A prefix of Anglo-Saxon origin, a reduced form of and-. A prefix of Anglo-Saxon origin, the same as on-. Not; used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. Used with stems that begin with vowels and "h". |
-opia | English (en) | (medicine, ophthamology) vision (used to form names of visual defects). |
deutero- | English (en) | (chemistry) Used to describe material containing deuterium (instead of hydrogen). Used to form terms meaning second or secondary. |
deuteranopia | English (en) | 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. |