contact lens
noun
: a thin lens designed to fit over the cornea and usually worn to correct defects in vision
Examples of contact lens in a Sentence
She wears contact lenses more often than glasses.
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Practice safe contact lens care: This includes keeping your prescription up to date, disinfecting contacts nightly, and replacing them regularly.
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Cristina Mutchler, Health, 1 Apr. 2025
See Me Optometry’s services include comprehensive eye and contact lens exams, dry-eye treatment, LASIK evaluation, consultation on computer vision syndrome and more.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
One of these is a contact lens that could be recharged through a contact lens case, and another had biosensors that could analyze certain parameters in tear fluid to monitor glucose, cortisol, and more.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2025
Advent is reportedly nearing a deal to acquire the mainland Chinese operations of contact lens maker Ginko International.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
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Cristina Mutchler, Health, 1 Apr. 2025
See Me Optometry’s services include comprehensive eye and contact lens exams, dry-eye treatment, LASIK evaluation, consultation on computer vision syndrome and more.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
One of these is a contact lens that could be recharged through a contact lens case, and another had biosensors that could analyze certain parameters in tear fluid to monitor glucose, cortisol, and more.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2025
Advent is reportedly nearing a deal to acquire the mainland Chinese operations of contact lens maker Ginko International.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Contact lens.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contact%20lens. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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contact lens
noun
con·tact lens
ˌkän-ˌtakt- 
: a thin lens designed to fit over the cornea and usually worn to correct defects in vision
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