prior exposure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpriorandexposure
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prior
adjective[before noun]
uk/praɪər/us/praɪr/
formal
existing or happening before something else, or before a ...
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exposure
noun
uk/ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒər/us/ɪkˈspoʊ.ʒɚ/
the fact of experiencing something or being affected by it because of being in a particular situation ...
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This meant thatpriorexposure, whether to measles or vaccination, was unlikely.
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Priorexposureto chronic stress results in enhanced synthesis and release of hippocampal norepinephrine in response to a novel stressor.
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This research has demonstrated significant effects ofpriorexposureto subsequent production of structures, independent of lexical and semantic effects.
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For example, abnormalities in cortisol functioning frequently have been observed in samples withpriorexposureto trauma.
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The study concludes that these split-second decisions were based on automatic thoughts triggered bypriorexposureto negative stereotypes in our culture.
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Priorexposuredecreased the establishment of a secondary infection.
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The benefit of anastrozole was seen regardless of nodal-status, tumour size andpriorexposureto chemotherapy.
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A singlepriorexposureto a similar sentence was sufficient to induce this structural facilitation effect, although more exposures enhanced the effect.
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These effects of thepriorexposureare most parsimoniously explained quantitatively (size of primary dose) rather than qualitatively (previous infection or no previous infection).
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First, consumer behavior relies on participants'priorexposureto consumer products and choice to provide stability in the task environment.
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Immunity frompriorexposureto pathogens is another possibility.
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Furthermore, the proposal that domain-general concepts are not accessible withoutpriorexposureto phonetically realized human language utterances cannot be implemented by any concept-acquisition mechanism.
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In a nominal logistic model with all three factors, worm sibship and prior infection were significantly associated with a secondary infection success (table 1), whilepriorexposurehad no effect.
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During this outbreak it was noted that out-of-town guests at a wedding reception had a higher attack rate than local guests, presumably because ofpriorexposure.
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Priorexposurealso shapes the nature of subsequent visual exploration of those materials when presented again, as measured by eye movements.
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The subjects were given nopriorexposureto the stimuli before beginning the scans nor any instructions other than to keep their gaze centered on the visual display.
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Additional research is needed to identify the factors that contribute to adaptive outcomes, despitepriorexposureto interparental violence.
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The relatively lower level ofpriorexposureand the resulting low partial protection they have explains the higher severity and frequent fatal complications seen among the children.
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This shows that the parameters used in epidemiological models must be considered carefully as different components of parasite fitness may be affected differently bypriorexposurecompared with current exposure.
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