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electric light, electric lighting
1. An incandescent lamp, or the light produced by this instrument.
2. Any form of lighting produced by an electric current in any one of several devices; for example, a fluorescent lamp, an arc lamp, an incandescent lamp, etc.
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electric light baker
A device for warming a part of the body, as with arthritis.

A baker consists of two or more electric lamps mounted in semicircular containers used for applying heat to various parts of the body.

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electric-light treatment, electric light treatment
The therapeutic application of electric light by means of cabinets in which the patient sits with the light directed on the affected body part.

Its therapeutic effect depends on the heat from the electric lights.