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

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clinical thermometer

A five-inch lamp, no bigger than a clinical thermometer, gives a maximum of 80,000 candlepower.

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

The stethoscope, clinical thermometer and hypodermic syringe were developed.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Of course the Scout should learn to read the little clinical thermometer, and one should be carried in the trail kit.

From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)