"contact lens" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-contact lens.wav Forms: contact lenses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} contact lens (plural contact lenses)
  1. A thin lens, made of flexible or rigid plastic, that is placed directly on to the eye to correct vision, used as an alternative to spectacles, or, if coloured, to change one's eye color cosmetically. Categories (topical): Eyewear, Vision Synonyms: contact, lenses Derived forms: -filcon, -focon Coordinate_terms: spectacles Translations (thin lens placed directly on the eye): kontaklens (Afrikaans), عَدَسَة لَاصِقَة (alt: ʕadasa(t) lāṣiqa) [feminine] (Arabic), عَدَسَة (ʕadasa) [feminine] (Arabic), կոնտակտային ոսպնյակ (kontaktayin ospnyak) (Armenian), կոնտակտային լինզա (kontaktayin linza) (Armenian), lentilla [feminine] (Asturian), lent de contacte [feminine] (Catalan), lentilla [feminine] (Catalan), lentícula [feminine] (Catalan), 隱形眼鏡 (Chinese Cantonese), 隐形眼镜 (alt: jan² jing⁴ ngaan⁵ geng³⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), con (kon¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 隱形眼鏡 (Chinese Mandarin), 隐形眼镜 (yǐnxíng yǎnjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 美瞳 (měitóng) (Chinese Mandarin), kontaktní čočka [feminine] (Czech), kontaktlinse [common-gender] (Danish), contactlens [feminine] (Dutch), piilolinssi (Finnish), lentille de contact [feminine] (French), lente de contacto [feminine] (Galician), კონტაქტური ლინზა (ḳonṭakṭuri linza) (Georgian), Kontaktlinse [feminine] (German), φακός επαφής (fakós epafís) [masculine] (Greek), עדשת מגע (Hebrew), kontaktlencse (Hungarian), augnlinsa [feminine] (Icelandic), lionsa tadhaill [masculine] (Irish), lente a contatto [feminine] (Italian), コンタクトレンズ (kontakuto renzu) (Japanese), コンタクト (kontakuto) (Japanese), 콘택트 렌즈 (kontaekteu renjeu) (Korean), 렌즈 (renjeu) (Korean), 콘택트 (kontaekteu) (Korean), ко́нтактна ле́ќа (kóntaktna léḱa) [feminine] (Macedonian), ко́нтактни ле́ќи (kóntaktni léḱi) [plural] (Macedonian), контакт линз (kontakt linz) (Mongolian), cricot d'contact [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), kontaktlinse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kontaktlinse [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), szkło kontaktowe [neuter] (Polish), soczewka kontaktowa [feminine] (Polish), soczewka [colloquial, feminine] (Polish), kontakty [colloquial, masculine, plural] (Polish), lente de contato [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), lente de contacto [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), lentilă de contact [feminine] (Romanian), lentile de contact [feminine, plural] (Romanian), конта́ктная ли́нза (kontáktnaja línza) [feminine] (Russian), ли́нза (línza) [feminine] (Russian), kontaktne leće (Serbo-Croatian), контактне леће (Serbo-Croatian), kontaktná šošovka [feminine] (Slovak), lentilla [feminine] (Spanish), lente de contacto [masculine] (Spanish), pupilente [masculine] (Spanish), kontaktlins [common-gender] (Swedish), เลนส์สัมผัส (leen-sǎm-pàt) (Thai), lens (Turkish), kontakt lens (Turkish), конта́ктна лі́нза (kontáktna línza) [feminine] (Ukrainian), kính áp tròng (Vietnamese), kính sát tròng (Vietnamese), kontagalentül (Volapük), lens gyffwrdd [feminine] (Welsh)
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "roman": "kontaktayin ospnyak",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "word": "կոնտակտային ոսպնյակ"
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "word": "lent de contacte"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "word": "lentícula"
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          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "word": "隱形眼鏡"
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          "alt": "jan² jing⁴ ngaan⁵ geng³⁻²",
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          "word": "隐形眼镜"
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "word": "隱形眼鏡"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǐnxíng yǎnjìng",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "word": "隐形眼镜"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "měitóng",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kontaktní čočka"
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "word": "kontaktlinse"
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "contactlens"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "word": "piilolinssi"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "lentille de contact"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "lente de contacto"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳonṭakṭuri linza",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "word": "კონტაქტური ლინზა"
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "word": "Kontaktlinse"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fakós epafís",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "word": "φακός επαφής"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "word": "עדשת מגע"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "word": "kontaktlencse"
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "word": "lionsa tadhaill"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "word": "lente a contatto"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kontakuto renzu",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "roman": "kontakuto",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kontaekteu renjeu",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "word": "콘택트 렌즈"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "word": "렌즈"
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          "roman": "kontaekteu",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kóntaktna léḱa",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ко́нтактна ле́ќа"
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          "code": "mk",
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "word": "cricot d'contact"
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "kontaktlinse"
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        {
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          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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          "code": "tr",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "code": "vi",
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
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      "code": "af",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "kontaktayin linza",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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    {
      "code": "ast",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "lent de contacte"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "lentilla"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "word": "隱形眼鏡"
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    {
      "alt": "jan² jing⁴ ngaan⁵ geng³⁻²",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "word": "con (kon¹)"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "word": "隐形眼镜"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "měitóng",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kontaktlinse"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "contactlens"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "word": "piilolinssi"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "lentille de contact"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "lente de contacto"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳonṭakṭuri linza",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "word": "კონტაქტური ლინზა"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Kontaktlinse"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "φακός επαφής"
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    {
      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "word": "עדשת מגע"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "word": "kontaktlencse"
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      "code": "is",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "augnlinsa"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "lente a contatto"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "word": "コンタクトレンズ"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kontaekteu renjeu",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "word": "콘택트 렌즈"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "kóntaktna léḱa",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ко́нтактна ле́ќа"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mn",
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      "word": "контакт линз"
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "word": "cricot d'contact"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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      "word": "kontaktlinse"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "kontaktlinse"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "soczewka kontaktowa"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "kontakty"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "lente de contato"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "lentilă de contact"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "конта́ктная ли́нза"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "lentilla"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "code": "th",
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      "word": "เลนส์สัมผัส"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "lens"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "word": "kontakt lens"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "конта́ктна лі́нза"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "word": "kính áp tròng"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "word": "kính sát tròng"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
      "word": "kontagalentül"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "thin lens placed directly on the eye",
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  "word": "contact lens"
}

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