CONTACT LENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contact lens mean? 

• CONTACT LENS (noun)
  The noun CONTACT LENS has 1 sense:

1. a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication

  Familiarity information: CONTACT LENS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTACT LENS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

contact; contact lens

Hypernyms ("contact lens" is a kind of...):

lens; lens system; lense (a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images)

 Context examples 

Contact lenses require more careful handling.

(Eye Wear, NIH)

For many people, laser eye surgery can correct their vision so they no longer need glasses or contact lenses.

(Laser Eye Surgery, NIH)

Corneal edema of inflammatory origin associated with contact lens wear and morphologically characterized by presence of epithelial microcysts.

(Microcystic Corneal Edema, NCI Thesaurus)

It's also more likely if you wear contact lenses.

(Eye Injuries, NIH)

This includes glasses, contact lenses, and intraocular implanted lenses.

(Corrective Lens, NCI Thesaurus)

If you wear contact lenses, they float on top of your corneas.

(Corneal Disorders, NIH National Eye Institute)

Discrete, small lesions present in the cornea as a result of corneal inflammation and, in some cases, after soft contact lens wear especially extended-wear lenses.

(Corneal Infiltration, NCI Thesaurus)

Keratitis due to infection by acanthamoeba; it is usually associated with soft contact lens wear, particularly overnight wear.

(Acanthamoeba Keratitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Ocular pain which may be very intense, accompanied by corneal epithelium damage, conjunctival injection, lacrimation, blepharospasm, photophobia and hazy vision following corneal edema caused by overwear of contact lenses, principally the PMMA type.

(Contact Lens Overwear Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The cause of microcytic edema is related to the physical presence of contact lenses and possibly a mechanical effect of lens wear.

(Microcystic Corneal Edema, NCI Thesaurus)