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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.
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- Actinic Rays
- UV Light
- Ultra-Violet Rays
- Ultraviolet Light
- Actinic Ray
- Light, UV
- Light, Ultraviolet
- Ray, Actinic
- Ray, Ultra-Violet
- Ray, Ultraviolet
- Ultra Violet Rays
- Ultra-Violet Ray
- Ultraviolet Ray
- Black Light, Ultraviolet
- UV Radiation
- Ultraviolet Radiation
- Radiation, UV
- Radiation, Ultraviolet
- Ultraviolet Black Light
- Ultraviolet Black Lights
- Ultraviolet Radiations
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non-ionizing but short-wave UV is ionizing
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- National Library of Medicine. Ultraviolet Rays. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014466. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014466
- Ultraviolet Rays. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet
- Ultraviolet Rays. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11391