clinical thermometer

noun

1. a small thermometer used to measure body temperature.

clinical thermometer

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of clinical thermometer¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Dulness, lassitude, shivering, and a high temperature—the clinical thermometer is of all things needed here—with troubled breathing, are symptoms of the highest importance, and skilled aid should be immediately called to them.

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The coffee-planter greeted him warmly, but had no sooner taken him to his room than he whipped out a clinical thermometer and stuck it into John's mouth.

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The nurse came to the side of the bed with her clinical thermometer in her hand.

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Mustard plasters, Dover's powders, salicylate of soda, emetics, poultices, clinical thermometers, chlorodyne, and beef tea have been in requisition all day.

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"He does seem a little flushed and restless," answered the nurse, producing her clinical thermometer.

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