nearsighted; unable to see distant objects unaidedCorrective lenses compensate for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye.A stronger prescription for myopic night drivers is often needed.
2008, March 23, Polly Morrice, Descended From Salinger, The offbeat little girls of “Playdate,†whose mothers stumble through parenthood, are not the first characters to feel like cultural descendants of Salinger’s children, those savants, myopics, guileless nose pickers and practicing belchers who seem to glow on the page, highlighting the shallowness of the adults.
