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quartz lamp

–noun
a lamp consisting of an ultraviolet light source, as mercury vapor, contained in a fused-silica bulb that transmits ultraviolet light with little absorption.

Origin:
1920–25
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quartz lamp  
n.  A mercury-vapor lamp enclosed by an envelope made from quartz rather than glass.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: quartz lamp
Function: noun
: a mercury-vapor lamp in a tube of quartz glass that transmits most of the ultraviolet radiation
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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