contact lens: Meaning and Definition of

con'tact lens"

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. 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.
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