ultraviolet keratoconjunctivitis

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Acute keratoconjunctivitis caused by exposure to intense ultraviolet radiation.

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This ultraviolet camera shows people what the sun is really doing to their skin.
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All of these instruments orbit Earth, beyond the atmosphere that blocks X-rays and most ultraviolet light.
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One important note: only certain mushrooms provide this benefit, thanks to being grown under ultraviolet light.
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PhoneSoap disinfects your cell phone for $50 bucks with ultraviolet light in less than four minutes.
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If this sounds a little strange, just think about the health implications of sitting under ultraviolet light for hours at a time.
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On a hunch I dropped in an aluminum alkyl, and then pushed the polymerization along with both ultraviolet and heat.
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The difficulty is a real one since the ultraviolet rays have a destructive effect even in the absence of oxygen.
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In the "X" circuit, the negative was grounded along an ultraviolet beam from the ship's repeller-ray generator.
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The apparatus is not one for producing violet or ultraviolet rays in the scientific meaning of those words.
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We utilize a carbon arc lamp, which has considerable ultraviolet light in it.
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