Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Edition

ultraviolet

(ŭl″tră-vī′ō-lĕt)
[Pronunciation]
[″ + viola, violet]

Beyond the visible spectrum at its violet end, said of rays between the violet rays and x-rays.

See: infrared ray

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