COLOR BLINDNESS
\kˈʌlə blˈa͡ɪndnəs], \kˈʌlə blˈaɪndnəs], \k_ˈʌ_l_ə b_l_ˈaɪ_n_d_n_ə_s]\
Definitions of COLOR BLINDNESS
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Defects of color vision are mainly hereditary traits but can be secondary to acquired or developmental abnormalities in the CONES (RETINA). Severity of hereditary defects of color vision depends on the degree of mutation of the OPSIN genes (on X CHROMOSOME and CHROMOSOME 3, HUMAN) that code the photopigments for red, green and blue.
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