EXPOSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exposed mean? 

• EXPOSED (adjective)
  The adjective EXPOSED has 2 senses:

1. with no protection or shield

2. not covered with clothing

  Familiarity information: EXPOSED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPOSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With no protection or shield

Synonyms:

exposed; open

Context example:

an open wound

Similar:

unprotected (lacking protection or defense)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not covered with clothing

Synonyms:

exposed; uncovered

Context example:

her exposed breast

Similar:

unclothed (not wearing clothing)

 Context examples 

Mutations in genes that become oncogenes can be inherited or caused by being exposed to substances in the environment that cause cancer.

(Oncogene, NCI Dictionary)

To humour your guilty elder son, you have exposed your innocent younger son to imminent and unnecessary danger.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

People who become ill from asbestos are usually exposed on the job over long periods of time.

(Asbestos, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

In cancer research, odds ratios are most often used in case-control (backward looking) studies to find out if being exposed to a certain substance or other factor increases the risk of cancer.

(Odds ratio, NCI Dictionary)

Being exposed to low levels for a long time can change the color of your skin.

(Arsenic, Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry)

The liquid electrolyte covers the metal electrode and is also exposed to the air electrode.

(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)

It can lead to permanent lung damage, if you are regularly exposed to it.

(Ozone, Environmental Protection Agency)

I knew from the way Dr. Van Helsing was searching about that he was trying to seek some strategic point, where we would be less exposed in case of attack.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Being exposed to one of these chemicals over a long time may cause cancer.

(PAH, NCI Dictionary)

The patient receives psoralen (a drug that becomes active when it is exposed to light) by mouth or applied to the skin, followed by ultraviolet A radiation.

(Methoxsalen With Ultraviolet A Therapy, NCI Dictionary)