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soft lens

American  

noun

  1. a nonrigid contact lens made of porous plastic, having a high water content that is replenished from eye surface moisture.

soft lens British  

noun

  1. a flexible hydrogel lens worn on the surface of the eye to correct defects of vision Compare hard lens gas-permeable lens

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Bolstered by FDA ophthalmologist Arnauld Scafidi, Bruch started disallowing soft lens manufacturers from utilizing salt tablets, decreeing that consumers risked eye infection.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2018

A soft lens, he noted, may mask the warning discomfort of an eye injury.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The instant and continuous comfort may be the treacherous element in the soft lens," according to Dr. G. Peter Halberg, corresponding secretary of the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists.

From Time Magazine Archive

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