clinical thermometer

American  

noun

1. a small thermometer used to measure body temperature.

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clinical thermometer British  

noun

1. a finely calibrated thermometer for determining the temperature of the body, usually placed under the tongue, in the armpit, or in the rectum

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Etymology

Origin of clinical thermometer

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

The stethoscope, clinical thermometer and hypodermic syringe were developed.

From Time Magazine Archive

England A Logomachist Named Pegler Sir: To prescribe a darkened room, cold compresses, a soothing voice, a clinical thermometer, and possibly a reading of The Three Bears is really not enough!

From Time Magazine Archive

Originally cast as Cigarette in Under Two Flags, she wilted under 16-hour-a-day shifts, began to carry a clinical thermometer around in her mouth, produce it showing readings of 105�.

From Time Magazine Archive

The clinical thermometer in Vincoe Paxton's first-aid kit rose to 108�.

From Time Magazine Archive

I see him pausing half-way up a tree, or when he has climbed exactly one-third of a tree; and then producing a clinical thermometer to take his own temperature.

From What I Saw in America by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)