| solar therapy | Treatment of disease by exposure to sunlight. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| solar urticaria | A form of urticaria resulting from exposure to specific light spectra; e.g., sunlight; some patients have passive-transfer antibodies and others do not. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solarium | Origin: L. See Solar. 1. An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents. 2. <zoology> Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Synonym: perspective shell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solarization | <photography> Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for too long a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning; excessive insolation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solarize | <photography> To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn. Origin: Solarized; Solarizing. <photography> To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's rays in the camera. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |