exposome
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
expose + -ome, coined by Dr. Christopher Wild, cancer epidemiologist, in 2005.
Noun[edit]
exposome (plural exposomes)
- A measure of the effects of life-long environmental exposures on health.
- 2005 August 15, Christopher Paul Wild, “Complementing the Genome with an 'Exposome': The Outstanding Challenge of Environmental Exposure Measurement in Molecular Epidemiology”, in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, volume 14, number 8, pages 1847–1850:
- At its most complete, the exposome encompasses life-course environmental exposures (including lifestyle factors), from the prenatal period onwards.
- 2015 December, Richard A. Stein, “The Naturome Awaits the Nurturome”, in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, volume 35, number 21, page 34:
- 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.