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clinical thermometer

The definition of a clinical thermometer is a tool for measuring body temperature.

(noun)

An example of a clinical thermometer is what a nurse puts in your mouth when you visit the doctor's office.

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See clinical thermometer in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a thermometer for measuring body temperature

See clinical thermometer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A thermometer used to measure body temperature, especially a small glass thermometer designed with a narrowing above the bulb so that the mercury column stays in position when the instrument is removed from the body.

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