eye lens
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of eye lens
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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But they have been known to blind some - in the last fortnight a cyclist made the news after revealing a serial dive-bomber had left him needing major surgery and a prosthetic eye lens.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2023
But that fish- eye lens just stared back at her, impassive, unblinking.
From The Verge ● Jun. 11, 2019
Instead, the team decided to measure levels of radioactive carbon-14 in fibres in the centre of the shark’s eye lens.
From Nature ● Aug. 10, 2016
The fluid inside the eye is normally high in vitamin C, which helps prevent oxidation that leads to clouding of the eye lens.
From US News ● Mar. 24, 2016
If you want to know the truth, I had a sixty-carat diamond stuck behind the eye lens.
From The Velvet Glove by Harrison, Harry
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