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Draize test
[ dreyz ]
noun
, Pharmacology.
- a test assessing the potential of a drug, chemical, cosmetic, or other commercial product to produce irritation, pain, or damage to the human eye by studying its effect on a rabbit's eye.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Draize test1
First recorded in 1975–80; named after John H. Draize (1900–92), U.S. pharmacologist, who devised it
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