Finsen light

noun

Highly actinic light, derived from sunlight or from some form of electric lamp, used in the treatment of lupus and other cutaneous disorders.

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Meanings

nounFinsen light (countable and uncountable, plural Finsen lights)

plural Finsen lights

  1. countableuncountableHighly actinic light, derived from sunlight or from some form of electric lamp, used in the treatment of lupus and other cutaneous disorders.

Origin

After Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860-1904), Faroese-Danish physician.

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Finsen light. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finsen%20light

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“Finsen light.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finsen%20light. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Finsen light,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finsen%20light.

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