Exposome

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A measure of the effects of life-long environmental exposures on health.

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

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

Etymology

From expose + -ome, coined by cancer epidemiologist Christopher Paul Wild in 2005, see quotations.

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