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EXPOSED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not covered with clothing
Example:
her exposed breast
Synonyms:
exposed; uncovered
Classified under:
Similar:
unclothed (not wearing clothing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
With no protection or shield
Example:
an open wound
Synonyms:
exposed; open
Classified under:
Similar:
unprotected (lacking protection or defense)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb expose
Context examples:
Maud Brewster had stepped inside the companion-way so that only her head was exposed.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
A colorless, crystalline, solid aromatic amine that turns purple when exposed to air and emits toxic fumes when heated. p-Biphenylamine is used only in laboratory research to induce tumorigenesis.
(p-Biphenylamine, NCI Thesaurus)
“I pray that we may never be exposed to such a temptation.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The warmer temperatures encourage melting and sublimation at all ice surfaces exposed to the air.
(Retreat of Yakutat Glacier, NASA)
Basal cell carcinomas are usually found on areas of the body exposed to the sun.
(Basal cell carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)
Serious illness caused by being exposed to high doses of certain types of radiation, usually over a short period of time.
(Acute radiation sickness, NCI Dictionary)
MILs are harvested from autologous bone marrow from multiple myeloma patients and, in vitro, are exposed to and activated by anti-CD3/anti-CD28 monoclonal antibodies covalently attached to super-paramagnetic microbeads.
(Activated Marrow Infiltrating Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
When aminolevulinic acid is taken up by cells, including cancer cells, and then exposed to certain types of light, it becomes active and kills the cells.
(Aminolevulinic acid, NCI Dictionary)
When aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride is taken up by cells, including cancer cells, and then exposed to certain types of light, it becomes active and kills the cells.
(Aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)
People at higher risk are over 60, have had chemotherapy or radiation therapy, or have been exposed to certain chemicals.
(Myelodysplastic Syndromes, NIH National Cancer Institute)
