Exposome

Quick meaning: Exposome is a noun meaning A measure of the effects of life-long environmental exposures on health.

Meaning

A measure of the effects of life-long environmental exposures on health.

Example Sentences

At its most complete, the exposome encompasses life-course environmental exposures (including lifestyle factors), from the prenatal period onwards.

Every time we pant, or press, or swallow, we welcome into not just our delicate biology but into those cherished fables, too, the ecological influence of the exposome.

While the definition of the exposome includes all exposures that occur from conception throughout an individual's lifetime, an emerging concept is the need to also consider exposures prior to conception.

The exposome is a measure of all the environmental or external exposures we face over our lifetime and the ways in which these impact our health. It includes everything from diet, lifestyle, education and income to air pollution, chemical exposures, and climate conditions.

Word Forms

• exposomes

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include exposomics, ecophenotype, ecopathology, epigenics, expressome, epiphenotype.

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