erythrochloropia

English

Etymology

From erythro- +‎ chloro- +‎ -opia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊpiə

Noun

erythrochloropia (uncountable)

1. (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).