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 ROD OPSINS genes (on X CHROMOSOME and CHROMOSOME 3) that code the photopigments for red, green and blue.

Descriptor ID	D003117
MeSH Number(s)	C10.597.751.941.256 C11.966.256 C23.888.592.763.941.256
Concept/Terms	Color Vision Defects Color Vision Defects Color Vision Defect Defect, Color Vision Defects, Color Vision Vision Defect, Color Vision Defects, Color Color Vision Deficiency Color Blindness, Acquired Color Blindness, Acquired Acquired Color Blindness Color Blindness, Blue Color Blindness, Blue Blue Color Blindness Tritan Defect Color Blindness, Green Color Blindness, Green Green Color Blindness Achromatopsia Achromatopsia Color Blindness, Red Color Blindness, Red Red Color Blindness Protan Defect Color Blindness, Red-Green Color Blindness, Red-Green Color Blindness, Red Green Red-Green Color Blindness Deutan Defect Defect, Deutan Monochromatopsia Monochromatopsia Color Blindness Color Blindness Blindness, Color Color Blindness, Inherited Color Blindness, Inherited Inherited Color Blindness

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