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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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).