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MeSH Heading: Ultraviolet Rays
Tree Number(s): G01.358.500.505.650.891; G01.590.540.891; G01.750.250.650.891; G01.750.750.659; G01.750.770.578.891; G16.500.275.063.725.525.600; G16.500.750.775.525.600; N06.230.300.100.725.525.600
Unique ID: D014466
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014466
Annotation: non-ionizing but short-wave UV is ionizing
Scope Note: That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum immediately below the visible range and extending into the x-ray frequencies. The longer wavelengths (near-UV or biotic or vital rays) are necessary for the endogenous synthesis of vitamin D and are also called antirachitic rays; the shorter, ionizing wavelengths (far-UV or abiotic or extravital rays) are viricidal, bactericidal, mutagenic, and carcinogenic and are used as disinfectants.
Entry Term(s): Actinic Rays; Black Light, Ultraviolet; UV Light; UV Radiation; Ultra-Violet Rays; Ultraviolet Light; Ultraviolet Radiation
Entry Combination: therapeutic use:Ultraviolet Therapy
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/02/24

Entry Combination: therapeutic use:Ultraviolet Therapy
Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

history (HI)

Concept UI: M0022240
Scope Note: That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum immediately below the visible range and extending into the x-ray frequencies. The longer wavelengths (near-UV or biotic or vital rays) are necessary for the endogenous synthesis of vitamin D and are also called antirachitic rays; the shorter, ionizing wavelengths (far-UV or abiotic or extravital rays) are viricidal, bactericidal, mutagenic, and carcinogenic and are used as disinfectants.
Terms: Ultraviolet Rays Preferred Term
Term UI T042327
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Actinic Rays
Term UI T042326
Date05/20/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Ultraviolet Light
Term UI T747331
Date03/10/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); UV Light
Term UI T747332
Date03/10/2009
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Ultra-Violet Rays
Term UI T747426
Date03/11/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010)

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