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Definition: Contact Lens |
Contact LensNoun1. A thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Contact Lens |
| Specialty definitions using "contact lens": BLOCKER AND CUTTER, CONTACT LENS ♦ contact-lens cutter ♦ Goldmann contact lens, gonioscope ♦ LATHE OPERATOR, CONTACT LENS. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Made of various kinds of plastic, contact lenses come in a number of varieties, including hard and soft (although soft is by far more common now), and disposable and extended-wear. The specific dioptre needed to treat the patient's condition can be prescribed by an optometrist and provided by an oculist.
Tinted contacts, which may or may not be prescription but are tinted to change the colour of the iris, are used for cosmetic reasons.
People with myopia or astigmatism who have been told they are not suitable for regular contact lenses may be able to use Toric lenses. Toric lenses are made from the same materials as regular contact lenses but have a couple of extra characteristics:
Contact lenses need regular cleaning and disinfecting to retain the clear vision and prevent infections. There are a number of products that can be used to perform these important tasks:
Toric lenses
Cleaning & Disinfecting Products
Some products may contain preservatives such as thimerosal. However, about 10% of contact lens wearers had problems with these products so many brands no longer use it. Such thimerosal-free products are sometimes labelled "for sensitive eyes". Products that do not contain any preservatives usually have expiration dates. For example, non-aerosol preservative-free saline solution typically only last two weeks once opened.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Contact lens."
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Screenplays | Her contact lens. it's stuck on the end of my dick (Go; writing credit: John August) The contact lens (Go; writing credit: John August) | |
Lyrics | I think I'm missing a contact lens (Another One Rides The Bus; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
Clever | Sleeping on the job: I wasn't sleeping. I was trying to pick up my contact lens without my hands. (references; author: unknown) | |
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Health | For these people, a soft contact lens may be suggested. (references) | |
Acanthamoeba keratitis associated with soft contact lens wearers–United States. (references) | ||
Risk of Acanthamoeba infection is higher for people who make their own contact lens cleaning solution. (references) | ||
Travel | Mexico | The relatively high altitude of Mexico City, a long winter dry season, and air pollution can cause irritation of the respiratory tract, nose and eyes - the latter especially for contact lens wearers. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "contact lens": Contact Lens Solutions ♦ Goldmann contact lens. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "contact lens"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kontaktlinse, kontaktglas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | contactlens, contactglas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | piilolasin kantava reuna (haptic part of contact lens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | verre de contact (contact lenses), lentille cornéenne. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kontaktlinse (contact lense). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φακός επαφής, φακοί επαφήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ×¢×"שת מ×'×¢. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kontaktlencse (contact lenses, contacts). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lente a contatto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | コンソル公債 (combine, concertina, concerto, conductor, consolidated annuities, consols, contact, container, container bag, containerization, contest, context, continental, continental breakfast, continental look, continental plan, continental style, continental tango, continuation, continuity, group of companies). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | コンタクトレンズ , コンタクト (contact). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lens kiaddit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontactcay enslay lente de contato, lente de contacto (contact lenses). (various references) контактные линза (contact lenses). (various references) lente de contacto. (various references) kontaktlins. (various references) lens (crystalline lens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-l-n-n-o-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: cotenants. | |
-3 letters: alencons, calottes, coenacts, conceals, concents, connects, constant, contacts, contents, cosecant, cotenant, lactones. | |
-4 letters: accents, alencon, ancones, calotte, cancels, cannels, cantles, cantons, centals, coenact, conceal, concent, connate, connect, consent, contact, content, contest, costate, etalons, lactone, lactose, lancets, latents, lattens, locates, nascent, notates, octanes, octants, sonance, talcose, talents, tannest, tenants, toccate, tolanes, tonlets. | |
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