Word: myopic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Esther Williams, who is myopic, wears them out of the water but does not bother with them when immersed. Swimmers who need correction for reasons other than myopia usually wear the bigger scleral lens because it is harder to dislodge under water. Skindivers who use scuba favor contacts because spectacles, however ingeniously installed, are cumbersome inside a watertight face mask...