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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The thermometer used for taking the temperature of a horse is a self-registering clinical thermometer, similar to that used by physicians, but larger, being from 5 to 6 inches long.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener