soft lens

NOUN

flexible contact lens

Synonyms

WEAK

Example Sentences

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Bolstered by FDA ophthalmologist Arnauld Scafidi, Bruch started disallowing soft lens manufacturers from utilizing salt tablets, decreeing that consumers risked eye infection.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2018

"The instant and continuous comfort may be the treacherous element in the soft lens," according to Dr. G. Peter Halberg, corresponding secretary of the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists.

From Time Magazine Archive

A soft lens, he noted, may mask the warning discomfort of an eye injury.

From Time Magazine Archive