contact lens

noun

: a thin lens designed to fit over the cornea and usually worn to correct defects in vision

Examples of contact lens in a Sentence

She wears contact lenses more often than glasses.
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Your provider can carefully examine your eye under a microscope and flip your lid up to safely fish out any contact lens or piece of a lens that might be lurking therein. Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 30 Apr. 2025 Using a biofilm of Vibrio cholerae bacteria, Yunker’s team described the shape of the emerging biofilm as a spherical cap that resembles a contact lens. Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025 Still, researchers at Alphabet and Novartis couldn’t build an accurate glucose sensor in a contact lens. IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2018 Practice safe contact lens care: This includes keeping your prescription up to date, disinfecting contacts nightly, and replacing them regularly. Cristina Mutchler, Health, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for contact lens

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of contact lens was in 1888

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“Contact lens.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contact%20lens. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

contact lens

noun
con·​tact lens
ˌkän-ˌtak(t)-
: a thin lens used to correct bad eyesight and worn right over the cornea of the eye

Medical Definition

contact lens

noun
con·​tact lens ˌkän-ˌtakt- How to pronounce contact lens (audio)
: a thin lens designed to fit over the cornea and usually worn to correct defects in vision
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