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ACUTE EXPOSURE

Specialty Definition: ACUTE EXPOSURE

DomainDefinition

Environment

A single exposure to a toxic substance which may result in severe biological harm or death. Acute exposures are usually characterized as lasting no longer than a day, as compared to longer, continuing exposure over a period of time. (references)

Health

Contact with a substance that occurs once or for only a short time (up to 14 days) [compare with intermediate duration exposure and chronic exposure]. (references)

Medicine

A term used to denote high-level irradiation of short duration. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ACUTE EXPOSURE

Specialty definitions using "ACUTE EXPOSURE": Chronic exposureIntermediate duration exposurelung edemaPulmonary Edematoxic contact dermatitis. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ACUTE EXPOSURE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Standard Operating Procedures for Developing Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Chemicals (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ACUTE EXPOSURE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

acute exposure guideline level

18
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ACUTE EXPOSURE

Language Translations for "ACUTE EXPOSURE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

akut bestråling (acute irradiation), kortvarig bestråling (acute irradiation). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

acute bestraling (acute irradiation), korte bestraling (acute irradiation). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

akuutti säteily (acute irradiation), äkillinen säteily (acute irradiation). (various references)

   

French

  

irradiation aiguë (acute irradiation), exposition courte et intensive (acute irradiation). (various references)

   

German

  

akute Strahlenbelastung (acute irradiation), akute Bestrahlung (acute irradiation), kurzzeitige Bestrahlung (acute irradiation), kurzfristige Intensiv-Bestrahlung (acute irradiation). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βραχυχρόνια οξεία έκθεσις σε ακτινοβολία (acute irradiation), βραχυχρόνια οξεία ακτινοβόληση (acute irradiation), οξεία ακτινοβόληση (acute irradiation). (various references)

   

Italian

  

irradiazione acuta (acute irradiation), esposizione acuta (acute irradiation). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acuteay exposureay

   

Portuguese

  

irradiação aguda (acute irradiation), exposição curta e intensa (acute irradiation), exposição aguda (acute irradiation). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

irradiación aguda (acute irradiation). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

akut bestrålning (acute irradiation). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ACUTE EXPOSURE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-o-p-r-s-t-u-u-x"

-4 letters: execrates, executers, executors, outcapers, persecute, prosecute, supercute.

-5 letters: apterous, captures, coexerts, cortexes, couteaux, coutures, cupreous, cutpurse, exacters, exactors, excerpts, excretes, execrate, executer, executes, executor, exocarps, exposure, operates, outcaper, outcurse, outpaces, outraces, postrace, protease, reexpose, secateur, supertax, turacous.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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