Ishihara test

[ ish-ee-hahr-uh-test ]

/ ˌɪʃ iˈhɑr ə ˌtɛst /

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noun Ophthalmology.

a test for determining color blindness by means of a series of cards each having colored dots that form one pattern to the normal eye and a different pattern to the eye that is color-blind.

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Also Ish·i·ha·ra's test

[ish-ee-hahr-uhz test] /ˌɪʃ iˈhɑr əz ˌtɛst/ .

Origin of Ishihara test

1920–25; named after S. Ishihara (1879–1963), Japanese eye specialist, who devised it

Words nearby Ishihara test

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How to use Ishihara test in a sentence

The gentleman was listed as Orthodox and kosher, which is way too religious for my friend whose JSwipe account I was test-driving.
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Apparently, the company “failed to properly test its systems.”
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If it was the United States, the operation will test the bounds of international law.
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One chemical test involves measuring the relative amount of deuterium in water.
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Whether it was actual ignorance, senility, or some obscure test, it's hard to know.
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For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
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The most promising of the methods which have been devised are cryoscopy, the methylene-blue test, and the phloridzin test.
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The phloridzin test consists in the hypodermic injection of a small quantity of phloridzin.
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Should the vapor not condense well, the test-tube may be immersed in a glass of cold water.
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It is at best an empirical test and must be interpreted in the light of clinical symptoms.
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