Draize test

[ dreyz ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. 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.

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