DEUTERANOPE
\djˈuːtəɹˌanə͡ʊp], \djˈuːtəɹˌanəʊp], \d_j_ˈuː_t_ə_ɹ_ˌa_n_əʊ_p]\
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The term introduced by von Kries to designate the class of color-blind person formerly described as "green blind," on the theory that three color processes are possessed by the normal retina, and in the deuteropes the second of these is deficient or lacking. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.