mercury-vapor lamp

English Thesaurus

1. ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	ultraviolet lamp, ultraviolet source,
definition	:	any source of illumination that emits ultraviolet radiation (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	quartz lamp,
definition	:	a mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	sun lamp, sun-ray lamp, sunlamp, sunray lamp,
definition	:	a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments (noun.artifact)