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SUN LAMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sun lamp mean?
• SUN LAMP (noun)
The noun SUN LAMP has 1 sense:
1. a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments
Familiarity information: SUN LAMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
sun-ray lamp; sun lamp; sunlamp; sunray lamp
Hypernyms ("sun lamp" is a kind of...):
mercury-vapor lamp (ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor)
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