postexposure
- a word derived from exposure.
Example Sentences
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Any direct human contact with a bat is an indication for rabies postexposure prophylaxi - medical treatment given immediately after potential exposure to a rabid animal.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Officials call the treatment doxy PEP, short for doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Now, several countries are effectively offering the vaccine both as pre- and postexposure prophylaxis to anyone at high risk.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 30, 2022
The results are disturbing: papers that couldn’t be replicated were cited more than average, even after the news of the reproducibility failure had been published, and only 12 percent of postexposure citations acknowledged the failure.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2021
"It is possible that none of these health care workers were infected with Ebola virus. Therefore, we cannot know for sure whether or not postexposure prophylaxis prevented the onset of Ebola-virus disease," Jacobs said.
From US News ● Aug. 25, 2015
