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

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 stethoscope, clinical thermometer and hypodermic syringe were developed.

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

He examined the child silently, swiftly, looking with a face of inscrutable blankness at the clinical thermometer with which he had taken her temperature.

From The Squirrel-Cage by Williams, John Alanzo