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CONTACT LENS
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("contact lens" is a kind of...):
lens; lens system; lense (a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images)