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

Woodin steps up to the beaded, venomous patient, pins its neck down with a forked stick, and, with practiced skill, slips a specially made, quick-registering clinical thermometer into the beast's rectum.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The stethoscope, clinical thermometer and hypodermic syringe were developed.

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)