Another word for nearsighted

For people who are farsighted, images come into focus behind the retina; for people who are nearsighted, images come into focus in front of the retina.
Prior to his invention around 1760, the convex and concave lenses (farsighted and nearsighted lenses respectively) were worn separately.
This drops to at most 40 percent when only one parent is nearsighted, and for 15 percent of myopic children, neither parent has myopia.
For example, one eye may be more nearsighted than the other eye, or one eye may be farsighted and the other eye nearsighted.
Myopia is more prevalent in Asian countries; as much as 70 percent of the Chinese population is nearsighted.

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