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Ishihara

adj Ishi·ha·ra \ˌish-ē-ˈhär-ə\

Medical Definition of ISHIHARA

:  of, relating to, or used in an Ishihara test <Ishihara plates> <the Ishihara method>

Biographical Note for ISHIHARA

Ishi·ha·ra \ē-shē-hä-rä\ Shinobu (1879–1963), Japanese ophthalmologist. Ishihara introduced his test for color blindness in 1917. The test calls for the discernment of figures or patterned lines formed from colored dots placed in a field of dots of another color. Ishihara also published studies of Daltonism and trachoma.

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