myopen.adj.

1682 W. Molyneux Let. 11 Nov. in J. Flamsteed Corr. (1997) II. 59 In the Naturall Eye the Vision is confused when the Rays are united either before the Retina (as in Myopes for remote Objects) or behind it (as in old Men for nigh Objects).

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Eye It is not, however, myopes and old men alone that would..have their vision..very near or very remote.

1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2169/2 Myopes, or short-sighted persons, have their sight mended by a concave lens.

1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1463/2 Myopes..read with more ease in partial darkness than those whose sight is perfect.

1870 O. W. Holmes Mechanism (1871) 19 Intellectual myopes, near-sighted specialists.

1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 May 1120/1 This treatment is safe in myopes who have attained the age of puberty, and have not large myopic crescents.

1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay x. 156 Every self-respecting myope or astigmat must have four distinct pairs of glasses.

1959 M. Renault Charioteer (new ed.) v. 89 Like spectacles to a myope, he would notice only its absence.

1995 New Scientist 13 May 7/3 Howland plans to study a small group of teenagers who are likely to become ‘late-onset myopes’.

1892 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Slave of Lamp xv His face..was the face of a hawk, with the contracted myope vision characteristic of that bird.

1992 Acta Ophthalmologica 70 736 The series of radial keratotomy (RK) in 79 myope eyes in 60 patients was studied to evaluate improvement of uncorrected visual acuity.