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a curved shell of glass or plastic applied directly over the globe or cornea to correct refractive errors; called also adherent l.Medical dictionary. 2011.
contact lens — n. a tiny, thin correctional lens worn directly over the cornea of the eye: the lens floats on a film of tears … English World dictionary
contact lens — contact ,lens noun count a plastic LENS that you wear in your eye to help you see more clearly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
contact lens — ► NOUN ▪ a thin plastic lens placed directly on the surface of the eye to correct visual defects … English terms dictionary
contact lens — contact .lens n a small round piece of plastic that you put on your eye to help you see clearly … Dictionary of contemporary English
Contact lens — Contacts redirects here. For the software application, see Address book. A pair of contact lenses, positioned with the concave side facing upward … Wikipedia
Contact lens — Lentilles de contact Verres de contact posés avec la face concave vers le haut … Wikipédia en Français
contact lens — one of a pair of small plastic disks that are held in place over the cornea by surface tension and correct vision defects inconspicuously. Cf. hard lens, intraocular lens, soft lens. [1885 90] * * * Thin artificial lens worn on the surface of the … Universalium
contact lens — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms contact lens : singular contact lens plural contact lenses a plastic lens that you wear in your eye to help you see more clearly … English dictionary
contact lens — noun A thin lens, made of flexible or rigid plastic, that is placed directly on to the eye to correct vision, used as an alternative to spectacles, or, if coloured, to change ones eye color cosmetically. Syn: contact, lens … Wiktionary
contact lens — (also lens) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ gas permeable, hard, soft ▪ daily wear, disposable ▪ extended wear ▪ tinted … Collocations dictionary
contact lens — sąlytinis lęšis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. contact lens vok. Kontaktlinse, f rus. контактная линза, f pranc. verre de contact, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
