contact lens

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noun
  1. one of a pair of small plastic disks that are held in place over the cornea by surface tension and correct vision defects inconspicuously.

Origin of contact lens

1
First recorded in 1885–90

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contact lens

noun
  1. a thin convex lens, usually of plastic, which floats on the layer of tears in front of the cornea to correct defects of vision

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