EXPOSURE

n. E'x-poz'u'r. Lat., expositio (from exponere, to lay bare). Fr., exposition. Ger, Blo tellung. 1. A laying bare to view, to the sun, to the action of cold. etc.; a divesting of the ordinary clothing so as to lay a part open to observation. 2. Subjection to the danger of infection. [s. 788]