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

If the clinical thermometer is placed under his tongue, the index may rise a degree or two, perhaps several degrees, above normal, and his pulse may be quickened to 90 or 100 beats a minute.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various