Event-based
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Synonym of event-driven.
"event-based programming"
- 2 Taken only when sexual activity creates a risk; on demand.
"event-based PrEP"
- 3 Pertaining to exposure (to toxic substances, radiation, etc.) that results from a (usually accidental) event, as opposed to chronic or regularly-occurring exposure.
"A chief advantage of the microdosimetric event-based approach is that one measures directly the energy deposition responsible for the carcinogenic effect and thus there is no need to know the kind of particle or the energy of the carcinogenic effect and thus there is no need to know the kind of particle or the energy of the particle that produced an energy deposition event."
- 4 Pertaining to training that involves simulated situations as opposed to drill in specific skills.
"It should not become what is known as "event-based training.""
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More examples"For MSM preferring event-based PrEP dosing, the nurse should counsel that this is an off-label use of the medication."
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