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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A test to determine the degree to which a substance such as a cosmetic or pharmaceutical irritates human tissues, in which a small amount of the substance is applied directly in the eye of a rabbit, and the rabbit is then monitored.

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  • noun An acute toxicity test in which a small amount of the test substance is applied to the eye or skin of a restrained, conscious animal which is subsequently observed.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After John Henry Draize, (1900–1992), American pharmacologist.]

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After US toxicologist John H. Draize.

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