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contact lens

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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contact lens

[′kän‚takt ‚lenz]
(optics)
A thin lens fitted over the cornea to correct defects of vision.
A similar lens or prism used with a gonioscope in eye examinations.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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