Exposure
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Exposure can be:
- A condition of poor health or death resulting from prolonged exposure to weather
- radiation poisoning
- Exposure of the skin to sunshine, etc.
- Exposure of unwanted infants in classical Mediterranean cultures and others, a common origin for mythic heroes: Oedipus, Moses, Romulus and Remus. Compare sex-selective infanticide.
- photographic exposure; see exposure (photography).
- publicity (e.g. of an artist)
- Exposure of (parts of) the body, especially the bare skin, to the view of others; if that goes too far it is called indecent exposure; the exposure may be limited out of modesty.
- In climbing, exposure is the state of openness with relation to the distance of a fall. See the glossary of climbing terms.
- the album Exposure by Exposé
- The condition of being subjected to a source of risk.
- Exposure – Patients are asked to expose themselves to feared stimuli in a planned and usually gradual way, 3 types below.
- Imaginal exposure – where they imagine the feared stimulus
- In vivo exposure – where they expose themselves to the actual stimulus
- Virtual Reality – where they use virtual reality techniques to expose themselves to the stimulus
See also: exposé