sun lamp

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   a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments

   Synonymssunlampsunray lampsun-ray lamp

   Broadermercury-vapor lamp

Questions about sun lamp

What does sun lamp mean?

sun lamp means "a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments".

What is another word for sun lamp?

Close synonyms include sunlamp, sunray lamp, sun-ray lamp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sun lamp a common word?

sun lamp is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.