preexposure
Americannoun
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exposure beforehand.
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Photography. the exposing of a film to even light, before photographing a subject, to increase its sensitivity.
Etymology
Origin of preexposure
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That work has included ramping up HIV testing and PrEP, or preexposure prophylaxis, programs, as well as expanding care for transgender people living with the virus.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
Last summer, he started taking the medication himself, an approach called preexposure prophylaxis, better known as PrEP.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2022
I’ve been accepted to be part of a study out of the University of Minnesota exploring hydroxychloroquine as a preexposure prophylactic medication in high-risk health care workers.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2020
PrEP, or preexposure prophylaxis, is a daily medication that people at high risk for HIV can take to protect against acquiring the virus, which causes AIDS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2015
The NewLink vaccine, for instance, may work as both a preexposure vaccine—given, like a childhood vaccine, to prevent infection—and as a postexposure treatment, in the way that rabies vaccine is generally used.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 17, 2014
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