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Draize test
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Draize test  (drz)
n.
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.

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


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The MultiCASE software comprises a model for eye irritation, developed from the results of 207 Draize tests.
 
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