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sunray

sunray

7.2
A strong lamp light like sunlight used to treat skin
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌnˌreɪ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : rayos ultravioleta
  • The doctor recommended a sunray lamp for my skin condition.

Examples

  • Older therapies often included the application of artificial sunray to promote healing.

  • The doctor recommended exposure to a sunray from a special lamp to help treat her skin condition.

  • Excessive use of a sunray lamp can cause skin irritation or burns.

  • Many patients benefit from sunrays during their therapy sessions.

  • The sunray lamp emitted a steady stream of sunrays that helped speed up the healing process for the patient.

  • During the treatment, the doctor recommended using a sunray to improve the patient's skin conditions.

  • The technician adjusted the settings on the sunray machine to ensure the correct dosage of ultraviolet rays.

Synonyms

ultraviolet light
vssunray
  • Specialized
10 4.0

A type of light from the sun that you cannot see and that can burn your skin

is its artificial lamp form used in medical treatments
ultraviolet ray
vssunray
  • Specialized
5 3.9

A strong invisible light from the sun that can damage skin and kill germs

is the same radiation but produced by lamps for therapeutic use
ultraviolet radiation
vssunray
  • Specialized
4 4.1

Invisible light from the sun that can burn skin

is its manufactured lamp version used for therapy rather than natural sunlight
sun-ray
vssunray
  • Specialized
6.9

A strong invisible light from a special lamp used for tanning or skin treatment

is the artificial lamp form used specifically for medical treatment
ultraviolet illumination
vssunray
  • Specialized
6.5

Invisible light beyond the violet end of visible light

is the artificial, therapeutic lamp source of that radiation

Compounds

sunray lamp
  • Specialized
6.8

A lamp that makes light like the sun for medical or beauty treatment

sunray pleat
  • Specialized
8.9

A narrow fold in cloth cut across at an angle that fans out like sun rays

Surface Forms

sunray singular
sunrays plural

Morphology

sunray = sun + ray (semi-transparent) = sun + ray

The compound structure is clear, but this sense is a specialized/technical extension (artificial UV rays), which may not be directly inferable by all learners.

Etymology

Sunray is also used for a strong lamp beam in some medical care, and the name joins sun ('the star that gives light and heat') with ray ('a beam of light'). Because the lamp makes light like the sun, people called that special, sun-like beam a sunray.