In epidemiology, the exposed group (or simply, the exposed) is often used to connote a group whose members have been exposed to a supposed cause of a disease or health state of interest or posses a characteristic that is a determinant of the health outcome of interest
with no protection or shield; "the exposed northeast frontier"; "open to the weather"; "an open wound
adj Describing a meld completed with a tile that another player discarded Same as Open (preferred)
Refers to an employee possibly endangered by a chemical because the chemical may have been permitted to enter that employee through some route of entry, i e ingestion, inhalation, absorption
with no protection or shield; "the exposed northeast frontier"; "open to the weather"; "an open wound"
If a place is exposed, it has no natural protection against bad weather or enemies, for example because it has no trees or is on very high ground. an exposed hillside in Connecticut
A group whose members have been exposed to a supposed cause of disease or health state of interest, or possess a characteristic that is a determinant of the health outcome of interest